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Govt taking steps to stop killings over love marriages: CM Stalin
Followed by the murder of a 28-year-old man in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said that government is taking steps to prevent murders related to love marriages.
The Tamil Nadu government is taking steps to prevent murders connected to love marriages, said chief minister M K Stalin in the assembly on Thursday, following the murder of a 28-year-old man in Krishnagiri district.
Stalin was responding to leader of opposition Edappadi Palaniswami’s calling attention motion to the crime.
On March 21, around 1.30 pm while the victim Jagan was going on his two-wheeler, he was intercepted by three men who attacked him with weapons leaving him dead. Jagan had been in a relationship with Saranya, daughter of Shankar, and the two eloped to get married on January 26 at a temple since their families had opposed their relationship, according to police investigations. Saranya is a second year college student. Both Jagan and Saranya belong to the same caste, said police.
One of the accused Shankar surrendered to the police on the same day on March 21 while the other two accused were absconding. “Today, the other two have surrendered and they have been sent to Salem jail,” Krishnagiri deputy superintendent of police N Tamilarasi said. “It is not a case of honour killing. They both belong to the same caste - Most Backward Class Vanniyar. They both are related also. The father had already arranged an engagement for her with someone else. His ego was hurt and this has happened in a sudden provocation.”
On Thursday, Stalin said that Shankar has been identified by police as AIADMK’s branch secretary in Avadhanapatti. The AIADMK refuted this and said that the branch secretary post of that locality is currently vacant.
The chief minister requested all members of the House, cutting across party lines, to unite and maintain harmony on a humanitarian basis. “Such incidents should not happen in Tamil Nadu, which is the land of social justice,” he said. Stalin added that district officials and police under the DMK government would keep conducting awareness campaigns to prevent such crimes.
