Maharashtra: Dalit man killed by in-laws, wife says parents cited plot of movie ‘Sairat’ as warning
The police said they would move the Bombay High Court to cancel the anticipatory bail secured by the victim’s father-in-law.
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A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar by in-laws who opposed his marriage to their 18-year-old daughter, reported The Indian Express on Saturday.
The woman’s family belongs to the Other Backward Classes community.
The man, Amit Murlidhar Salunkhe, was attacked with sharp instruments on July 14 by his father-in-law and his wife’s cousin brother, according to the newspaper. He died in hospital on Friday.
His wife, Vidya Kirtishahi, reportedly told the police that her parents had cited the plot of the popular Maharashtrian-language film Sairat while warning her against the marriage.
Nagraj Manjule’s award-winning film, released in 2016, tells the story of a dominant-caste girl who falls in love with and eventually marries a lower-caste boy. They are hacked to death by members of the girl’s family in retaliation.
“My parents wanted to forcibly marry me off to someone else,” Kirtishahi told the police, according to The Indian Express. “They had taken Rs 4 lakh from that youth, but that marriage was not acceptable to me. I married Amit with each other’s consent. We married as per our religious customs. Initially the families did not accept us. After marriage, my family threatened me that they would do our ‘Sairat’.”
Salunkhe’s family protested at a local police station on the day his death, demanding that...
