‘Family saw only dishonour in her achievements': Daughter killed for ‘honour' in Gujarat's Banaskantha: was set to get MBBS seat
In the end, 18-year-old Chandrika Chaudhary became a victim of an alleged
honour killing
in Banaskantha district, just days before the Gujarat high court was to hear a habeas corpus petition filed by her partner, 23-year-old Haresh Chaudhary.
Chandrika had toiled day and night to score 478 marks in her NEET exams, making her eligible for admission to a government medical college. But her ambition collided with the walls of age-old fears.
Police said her uncle, Shivram Chaudhary, decided that sending her to study would bring "shame" — fearing she might fall in love and marry by choice. Instead of seeing her future, he saw dishonour.
Her partner, Haresh, told police and TOI, "Chandrika's uncle, Shivram, visited some colleges and saw boys and girls studying together. He told her father she should not be sent there as she might fall in love with a boy and marry him.
They took away her phone, cut her off from social media, and made her do only household chores."
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According to the FIR, on June 24, Shivram, acting on instructions from Chandrika's father, allegedly gave her milk laced with sedatives. When she became drowsy, the duo took her to a storeroom in the house and strangled her with a dupatta. They then staged the scene to make it look like suicide. Police officials said Shivram told some villagers that Chandrika had suffered a heart attack, while told others it was a suicide — asking them not to disclose the truth.
Haresh's habeas corpus petition eventually exposed Chandrika's murder. She was killed on June 25. Banaskantha police said the investigation confirmed it was a premeditated killing. Her father remains absconding, while Shivram is in police custody.
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