HYDERABAD: A day after 22-year-old Neeraj Panwar was brutally murdered in full public view in Begum Bazar, Shahinayathgunj police on Saturday arrested four persons, including a juvenile, while they were travelling in a bus near Gurumitkal in Karnataka. Two of the four accused are reportedly cousins of the victim's wife, Sanjana. The couple had an inter-caste marriage against the wishes of the girl's family.
Deputy commissioner of police (West Zone) D Joel Davis said of the six accused involved in the murder, four persons — K Vijay Yadav, K Sanjay Yadav, B Rohith Yadav and a juvenile in conflict with law —were arrested near Gurumitkal in Karnataka.Protests erupted at the busy Begum Bazar and Shahinayathgunj police station all through Saturday. Two more accused — Abhinanadan Yadav and Mahesh Yadav — are still at large. Neeraj and Sanjana had married one-and-half-years ago against the wishes of her parents. Fearing that her family might target them, the couple was staying at Shamsheergunj in Falaknuma. "In the last few months, Sanjana's cousins saw Neeraj near their residence. They provoked them. After consuming alcohol 15 days ago, they decided to kill Neeraj. In the last three days, they tailed him and finally attacked Neeraj,'' Joel said. As part of their plan, the assailants had procured sickles from Jumerat Bazar.
