A 17-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her father in Kaggundi village of Periyapatna taluk in Karnataka.
The girl, a student of II PUC in a college in Periyapatna and belonging to the Vokkaliga community, was in a relationship with a boy, Manju, from the Dalit community residing in the neighbouring Mellahalli village. However, the girl’s family was strongly opposed to the alliance, and counselled her against having any relationship with the boy, police said. The girl had been sent to the Government Girls’ Home in Mysuru by the Periyapatna police about a month ago after she complained against her parents.
The parents, however, brought her back home after a fortnight ago after giving an undertaking to the Mysuru District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) that they would not harm her and facilitate her education.
