Riots over death of Muslim with Hindu wife (The Telegraph (Calcutta))
"Mr Rahman, 30, was a computer graphics teacher from a Muslim family of modest means. His widow, Priyanka Todi, 23, is the daughter of a wealthy Hindu clothing manufacturer. Investigators are now trying to determine whether Mr Rahman, 30, who was discovered in September lying dead on a city railway track with a head wound, committed suicide or was murdered.
"Their doomed relationship began after Miss Todi began attending the bookish Mr Rahman's computer classes at a private academy.
"They secretly married in August and she left her family's lavish suburban villa for his cramped apartment in a poor Muslim area of Calcutta.
"In response, her father, Ashok Todi, a prominent businessman, went to Mr Rahman's house with relatives. There, he dropped to his knees and clutched his daughter's feet, begging her to save him from the 'humiliation', saying: 'I cannot take a Muslim son-in-law'.
The young couple wrote to the city's police force, seeking protection. 'Some anti-socials are coming to our place and threatening us with dire consequences if we continue to stay together,' their letter said.
Senior officers, however, sided with Mr Todi, and even warned Mr Rahman that he would be charged with kidnap unless he relinquished his wife.
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"In the aftermath, the Calcutta police commissioner, Prasun Mukherjee, sided with conservatives, suggesting that it was his force's job to help Mr Todi lure his daughter back.
"'After taking care of the daughter for 23 years, if the family finds one morning that she has left them to start a new life with an unknown youth, parents cannot accept it,' Mr Mukherjee said.
"His comments caused further public outcry and the city's authorities have now removed the police commissioner and four other senior officers from their posts."
See also:
Hide Your Love Away (Times of India, October 4, 2007)
why media is glorifying these murders as honour killings instead of mentioning it as horor killings. No one can say he is right after killing someone. where will our society stand in the world community if young generation is finished in this way.once for all strongly we should raised a drive against this mentility. I personaly urge with the media to use it only as 'HOROR KILLING'from today onwards
Posted by: o.p.agarwal | June 27, 2010 at 09:47 AM