MYSORE: With memories of the honour killing in Ambalavadi village in Mandya district still fresh, an assistant professor at a First Grade College was killed for falling in love with a Dalit, who is the Deputy Director of Physical Education, Tumkur University. The victim Smruthi (27), was assaulted and strangulated by her brother Mahadeva alias Madhu at her house in Alanahalli as she was firm on marrying Sudeep, with whom she was in love for the past seven years.Smruthi, a post graduate in Kannada from Manasagangothri, was serving as an assistant professor at the First Grade College in Kuderu, Chamrajnagar district.Since her village Dindagadu in Periyapatna taluk was too far, Smruthi stayed in a rented house in Alanahalli III Stage with her grandmother Nanjamma. She had told her family about her love for Sudeep and refused any alliance the family suggested.Smruthi and Sudeep, who got married at the sub-registrar’s office in the city on November 23, tried to convince their family to perform a marriage according to Hindu traditions.Smruthi’s parents, who were Veerashaivas, feared that a marriage with a Dalit boy would tarnish the family’s image. Angered at Smruthi’s firmness, Mahadev came home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with her late at night. After raising the television volume, he strangulated her and escaped with his friend.Her friend Savitha shifted Smruthi to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.A tearful Sudeep said they were victims of a caste system that has no respect for humanity and love. Police Commissioner K L Sudhir said there is prime facie evidence of murder and assured that the culprit would be caught. DCP Basavaraj Malagatti also visited the spot. N R Police have registered a case and recorded statements of Nanjamma and Sudeep.
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