Apr 23, 2012: Man kills wife belonging to backward class

TNN | Apr 23, 2012, 12.27AM IST

KANPUR: In a shocking incident, a backward class woman was murdered allegedly for hiding her caste and marrying an upper caste man in Chitrakoot district. The man and his father have been arrested.

The man confessed that he had killed his wife. He told the police that he was in love with his wife, who introduced herself as Puja Mishra when they first met. The two got married. When he came to know that she belonged to a backward caste, the man got furious and murdered Puja.

The incident came to light when Guddi alias Puja's parents reached Derapur police station in Ramabai Nagar on Saturday and identified the photographs taken by the cops of the body of a woman recovered from Bihari village as that of their daughter.

The woman's father Asharam Lodhi, a native of Panwari village in Mahoba district, said that his daughter Guddi had married an upper caste man Vivek Tewari of Rajpur village in Chtrakoot district about three years ago.

"The man could not bear the truth that the girl with whom he got married was a 'backward'. He 'loved' my daughter and married her. Recently, she gave birth to a child but he and his family members mercilessly killed her after coming to know about her caste," Asharam said while talking to TOI over telephone from his native place.

"Will any man kill his beloved and that too, when she gave birth to a child?" he asked.

Guddi's family members grew suspicious when she did not visited her parents for a long time and they suspected foul play and informed the police. "Last time they had a chat with Guddi on her mobile phone about a couple of years back and since then she remained untraceable. However, she had then informed about her marriage with Vivek Tewari and a newly born baby," said a police official.

The SHO, Derapur, VP Singh, acting on the FIR lodged by the woman's kin, accused Vivek Tewari and his father Santosh Tewari were arrested on Saturday.

"Four persons including her husband Vivek, father-in-law Santosh Tewari, mother-in-law Mamta and brother-in-law Ankit have been named in the FIR. The husband and father-in-law have been arrested and hunt is on to nab the other accused," the SHO added.

Vivek had confessed to his crime and said that he killed Guddi as she had cheated him by faking her caste. "Prior to marriage, she had introduced herself to him as Puja Mishra," he added.

About seven years ago, Guddi had left her parents house and went to Chitrakoot to adopt spiritualism and there she came in contact with a local youth Vivek Tewari. After a courtship of 2-3 years, they had tied the knot.
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