College girl murdered by father over love affair with lower-caste' boy

May 24, 2016

Kolar, May 24: In a fresh case of honour killing, a minor college going girl was strangled to death by his father as she was in love with a lower-caste' boy at Kamatmpalli in Srinivaspur taluk of Kolar district.

According to police, Reddy Priya (17) was studying in a private college in Srinivaspur and was courting Harish, who works at APMC yard in the town, for the past one year.

The parents of Priya came to know of her affair and they had advised her to distance herself from the boy. Priya's parents had also asked Harish to stay away from their daughter. However, the couple did not relent, Gownipalli police said.

On Sunday evening, Byra Reddy, the father of Priya, took her out from the house forcibly saying that they would go to the house of a relative. He took Priya to a nearby farm land and strangled her with a plastic wire.

Reddy returned to his house and informed his wife, brothers and some friends in the village about the murder committed by him. He was also making preparations to cremate the body on the spot. But, some villagers alerted the police and who came to the house of Reddy for questioning.

Police said that during interrogation, Reddy and his family members confessed to the crime.

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Once again Brahminism succeeded .... MANU Smrithi the book of tool to exploitation.....

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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