Girl dies two days ahead of habeas corpus hearing, probe ordered
The investigation order by SP Akshayraj Makwana was issued on July 29 and will be headed by an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police. Based on a complaint filed by Chandrika's partner, 23-year-old Haresh Chaudhary—a farmer from Ghesda village in Banaskantha—the police will examine whether her death was natural or `honour killing'.
In his complaint to senior police officials, the Gujarat Human Rights Commission, and the chief minister, Haresh accused Chandrika's father Sendha, uncle Jayram, another relative, and a couple of officials from Tharad police of being responsible for her death.
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Haresh alleged that Chandrika's family wanted to marry her off through the barter marriage system prevalent in their community. "Her family wanted her to marry under the barter system, where her cousin was supposed to marry a girl from Banaskantha, and that girl's brother was the proposed groom for Chandrika. She didn't want to marry that man, but her family insisted on it," he told TOI.
According to Haresh, he and Chandrika were in a consensual live-in relationship.
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They had signed a formal agreement for live-in on May 5 and travelled through Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
On June 12, the couple was allegedly tracked down and detained from a hotel in Rajasthan by Tharad police officials, who were accompanied by Chandrika's relatives. "Local police was not informed and we were taken away like we were criminals," Haresh alleged in the complaint.
While Haresh was arrested in connection with an old case under the Prohibition Act, Chandrika was taken to the Tharad police station.
"They recorded a video of her saying she wanted to go home, but it was clearly done under duress. I was in custody and didn't even have access to my phone," Haresh stated in his plea to the Gujarat DGP and the human rights commission.
Later, after his release, Haresh discovered two Instagram messages from Chandrika dated June 17. "She messaged me at 7 am and again at 10 am. She begged me to take her away. She wrote — If you don't come, they'll either marry me off or kill me.
I couldn't read the messages in time," he stated in the complaint.
He filed a habeas corpus plea in the HC seeking that Chandrika should be produced before the court.
On June 25, just two days before hearing on his habeas corpus plea for Chandrika in HC, Haresh learned from relatives and acquaintances that Chandrika had died, though the cause was unclear. Her last rites were reportedly performed in the early hours without police intimation or a postmortem.
"They cremated her before sunrise. No police, no doctor, no investigation—just silence," Haresh alleged.
On the day of the habeas corpus hearing in the HC, June 27, the court was informed of Chandrika's death.
"The advocate appearing for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the present petition in light of the fact that the corpus, Chandrika Chaudhary, expired on June 25. The death certificate is placed on record.
Permission, as prayed for, is granted. The petition stands disposed of as having been withdrawn," the court order stated.
In his complaint, Haresh has demanded an FIR and an independent judicial inquiry. " Her family simply couldn't tolerate her decision to live independently. They wanted her to marry as per their wishes under the community's barter marriage system. They saw her love as disobedience," he said.
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