A shocking murder case of a Hindu youth over an Interfaith Love affair with a Muslim girl has come to light from the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. On Monday night (19th August), the body of a 28-year-old man, Gaurav Singh, was recovered from the house of his Muslim girlfriend. A pistol and a knife were also found near his dead body.
Following the incident, Gaurav’s brother, Akhilesh Singh, filed a complaint with the Police in which he accused five villagers of killing his brother. The accused have been identified as Sarvesh Khan, Kadar, Shahrukh, Karim, and Ijad.
As per reports, it is said that the accused had an old enmity with the deceased Hindu youth as villagers believe that the accused had an interfaith love affair with a Muslim girl whose family members were against this relationship.
According to reports, Gaurav Singh (28) is the son of Santosh Singh and a resident of Hasnapur village. His dead body was found at the house of Sarvesh Khan in Hasnapur village which falls in the Pali police station area. It is said that in the night, he had a fight after which he was fatally shot in his stomach.
After receiving information about the incident, Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Jadaun immediately rushed to the spot. The Police called the Forensic team to the crime site which then collected samples from the house of the accused.
After reaching the crime scene, Police took his body into their custody, sent it for post-mortem, and initiated necessary legal proceedings.
It is said that Gaurav lived in Jaipur where he used to work as a cook. A few months ago, he had eloped with his Muslim girlfriend. However, the family members of the Muslim girl had filed a case against him at Pali police station as they accused him of luring and kidnapping their minor daughter. After this, the police recovered the Muslim girl and handed her over to her family while Gaurav Singh was arrested and sent to jail. He spent over a month in jail and after his release, he went to Jaipur.
However, as he returned to the city, his body was recovered from the house of his reported Muslim girlfriend. According to local sources, Gaurav wanted to run away with Khan’s daughter but her family was against their relationship.
The Police are also probing the case from all angles including suicide as according to reports, one cartridge was found in his pocket.
Hardoi, Uttarakhand: 28-year-old Gaurav Singh has been shot deád, after he went to meet his Muslim girlfriend.
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Accused are Kadar, Shanoor, Shahrukh, Ijad, Karim.
This is the 3rd murder of Hindu men in last 15 days, who were in relation with Muslim girlshttps://t.co/3ZBb7Tsjrt pic.twitter.com/UhW1WvlYOn
It is pertinent to note that this is not a one-off incident where a Hindu youth has been killed over a relationship with Muslim girls.
Earlier this week, the body of a Dalit youth named Suraj Kumar (25) was found hanging in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. As per reports, the family member of his Muslim girlfriend had issued death threats to Suraj’s family members. Subsequently, the Police filed a case against the girl’s father Chhuttan, Tasleem, Irshad Hussain Patrakar, Ashfaq, Rehman, and 10-15 others.
Earlier this month, another Hindu youth was killed over an Interfaith love affair with a Muslim girl, Ramza. While the duo tied the marital knot, their relationship was not acceptable to Ramza’s father Ishabhai who wanted her to do Nikah with the man with whom she was engaged against her will. The incident came to light from Gujarat’s Dwarka where the Hindu youth named Yagnik Dudhrejia was brutally hacked to death by relatives of his Muslim wife Ramza.
It is pertinent to note that Ramza had given birth to a baby girl recently in June. Police had arrested Sajid, Salim, Juma, Ahmed, Usman, and Hothi Kasam in connection with this murder case.
