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India Today
a day ago
- India Today
Father kills daughter over live-in relationship, stages it as suicide in Gujarat
A man allegedly killed his daughter for being in a live-in relationship and, along with his brother, performed her last rites overnight. The incident, initially declared a suicide by the family two months ago, was uncovered when the girl's lover approached the Gujarat High Court. The alleged murder took place in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. According to the complaint filed by Haresh, a resident of Tharad tehsil, he met Chandrika in Palanpur in February this year and the two fell in love. In May, Chandrika returned to her family home for a wedding, after which her family refused to let her return to Palanpur and began discussions about her marriage. Fearing this, Chandrika messaged Haresh, asking him to take her away, warning that her family would get her married June 4, Haresh took Chandrika to Ahmedabad, where they signed a live-in relationship agreement and then travelled through Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. While they were away, Chandrika's family filed a missing person complaint. On June 12, police located the couple in Rajasthan, returned Chandrika to her family and arrested Haresh in connection with old cases. When he was released from jail on June 21, he found his phone data deleted. Upon checking his Instagram account, he discovered several messages from Chandrika, in which she claimed the police had deceived them, her family was forcing her into marriage and threatened that if she refused, they would kill then filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Gujarat High Court. Before the hearing on June 24, news emerged that Chandrika had died by suicide. However, Haresh alleged that Chandrika's father and uncle gave her sleeping pills, hanged her to stage it as suicide, and performed her last rites Haresh's complaint, police registered a case under sections 103(1), 123, 238, and 54 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita. Police stated that the murder was pre-planned. Two people have been arrested so far in connection with the murder. However, the girl's father is still absconding.- EndsTrending Reel
Indian Express
a day ago
- Indian Express
Banaskantha ‘honour killing': Victim had told parents she left home because they were against her further studies, say police
New revelations in the alleged honour killing of 18-year-old Chandrika Chaudhary suggest her family opposed her further education, contributing to her decision to elope with her live-in partner, Haresh Chaudhary — both belonged to Tharad taluka in Gujarat's Banaskantha and were from the same Chaudhary-Patel community. The investigation has implicated Chandrika's father, her uncle, and the father's cousin in her murder. According to police, Chandrika had remained in touch with her parents after leaving home and cited her family's disapproval of her pursuing further studies as a reason for her departure. As per the investigations, it was on June 25, two days before the Gujarat High Court was scheduled to hear a habeas corpus petition filed by Haresh Chaudhary over her disappearance, that she was found dead. Her body was discovered hanging in the courtyard of her parent's home in Dantiya village, staged to appear like a suicide case. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Suman Nala of Danta Division told The Indian Express, 'Chandrika had taken the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in May. Her parents had subsequently taken her back home from the Palanpur hostel. After she left her house with Haresh, she was tracked by the Tharad Police and returned to her family on June 12. She was at her home when the NEET results were declared on June 14 and she had scored well. She wanted to study further but her parents, it primarily appears, did not agree with her.' Chandrika belonged to the Chaudhary- Patel community, who are traditionally agrarian. The officer said that Chandrika possibly wanted to study further to be a doctor or nurse. Notably, the FIR filed on August 6, based on the complaint filed by Haresh Chaudhary, who was already married and had a son, stated, 'I had taken Chandrika for her NEET exam and then dropped her back near her hostel. On May 4, Chandrika's cousins, Suresh and Haresh, took her to a relative's wedding where she stayed for up to a week after which she went to her village.' The FIR stated, 'Chandrika kept telling her parents that she wanted to study nursing and take other exams but her parents refused her requests. However, later her father (Sendha Darga Patel) took her to a nursing college in Palanpur but since they didn't have all the documents, the admission process did not go through and they returned to the village.' 'After Sendha informed his brother Jayram that the admission did not go through, Jayram told him that Chandrika was of marriageable age, that there was no need to educate her further, and advised him to take away her phone and make her perform household chores. Chandrika then called and told me that her parents had refused to let her study further and that she was afraid that they would come to know about their affair and kill her. She asked me to elope with her,' the FIR quoted Haresh as saying. On June 4, Haresh and Chandrika eloped. The duo signed a contract of live-in relationship at the Mirzapur court in Ahmedabad on June 5. They then travelled to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. On June 12, the Tharad Police along with Chandrika's cousin Hira took both of them from a resort in Rajasthan to Tharad Police station in Banaskantha. The NEET results were declared on June 14, two days after Chandrika had been handed over to her parents, while Haresh was arrested, first in an assault case and then in a Prohibition case. He was released on bail on June 21. Meanwhile, ASP Nala said, 'We have seen messages sent by Chandrika to her parents after leaving with Haresh, telling them that she wished to study further and that she had to run away because they would not allow her to do so.' According to the FIR, Haresh, after being released from prison, came to know about the messages from Chandrika, on his phone, allegedly pleading with him 'to save her because her family wanted to marry her off and if she didn't agree, they would kill her'. On June 23, Haresh's lawyer filed a habeas corpus petition in the Gujarat High Court, leading to an order asking Tharad Police to present her in court on June 27. However, Haresh said that on June 25, he learnt that Chandrika had died. He then wrote an application to the police seeking an inquiry into her death. When the petition came up for hearing on June 27, the HC was informed that the girl for whom the petition was filed, had died. Following this, the bench of Justice Vaibhavi Nanavati disposed of the plea after taking on record the girl's death certificate. However, the inquiry into the suspicious death and hurried cremation, found that she had allegedly been drugged with sleeping pills by her uncle Shivram and then murdered by strangulation, before being hung in the courtyard. While the original FIR on August 6 named only Chandrika's father Sendha Darga Patel and his brother Shivram Darga Patel for the alleged murder, the police later, on August 11, also arrested Sendha's cousin Naran Sava Patel in the case. Even as Chandrika's father Sendha Darga Patel continues to evade the police, The Indian Express has now learnt that Chandrika's entire family has also abandoned their house in Danitya village.
Time of India
06-08-2025
- Time of India
‘Father, uncle gave 18-yr-old milk laced with sedatives, killed her'
Police investigation in the mysterious death of 18-year-old Chandrika Chaudhary, an MBBS aspirant from Banaskantha, has confirmed that it was neither suicide nor a heart attack but a premeditated 'honour killing'. The probe revealed that she was allegedly killed by her father and uncle for daring to dream of building her future with a man they did not approve of. Chandrika had been declared dead by her family two days before the Gujarat high court was scheduled to hear a habeas corpus petition by her partner Haresh Chaudhary. According to the FIR lodged by Tharad police of Banaskantha, Chandrika was given milk laced with sedation pills by her uncle, Shivram Chaudhary, on the evening of June 24, on the instruction of her father, Sendha Chaudhary. She was told to drink it and rest. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad "Have milk and rest well. Sleep well," were the last words Chandrika heard from her father before she was offered the glass of milk, according to the FIR. But that night, while she was drowsy having taken the pills, her uncle and father lifted her and took her to a storeroom. There, they strangled her with a dupatta, later staging the scene to make it look like suicide. "She drank the milk and lay down. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Is Why Smart People Put Baking Soda in Their Shampoo Read More Undo That was the last time she was seen alive," the FIR reads. Shivram, her uncle, is stated to have confessed that they wanted to make it appear as if Chandrika had taken her own life. Her father is absconding. The motive, as detailed in police statements, was rooted in "family honour". Chandrika, who aspired to become a doctor, was in a relationship with Haresh whom she first met at a bus stand in Feb this year. While she wished to continue her studies and live independently, away from family, they disapproved of police officials said the family initially declared the cause of death as a heart attack and quickly cremated the body without a postmortem. A probe followed after Haresh approached Banaskantha police with his application, seeking a fair investigation into her death and submitted Instagram messages, witness accounts and background details of their relationship. "She signed a live-in agreement with me just two weeks before she died," Haresh said. "She wanted to study medicine. We were not harming anyone. We just wanted to live peacefully." After the couple's live-in arrangement became known to her family, she was forcibly taken back to her village in the last week of June. A habeas corpus plea was filed by Haresh, but Chandrika was found dead on June 25, just two days before the court was to begin hearing the case. Initially suspected to be either a cardiac arrest death or a suicide, the case took a serious turn after investigation found inconsistencies in the versions of her family members. Statements from Shivram and other relatives, along with circumstantial evidence, led police to conclude that the death was in fact a planned murder. "The girl brought dishonour to the family," Shivram reportedly told police. "My brother and I decided that evening itself that this should end." The FIR records that the conspirators tried to mislead everyone by hanging her body from a ceiling fan to simulate suicide. "To our close relatives, we made it look like she took her own life. We told others that it was a suicide but requested them not to disclose it to anyone it as it would bring dishonour to the family since she was a young woman who had eloped with another man and then killed herself. We told some other villagers that she died due to a heart attack and that is what we told the court as well," Shivram is quoted as saying in the FIR. Box 1: Mother still unaware her daughter was murdered Police sources said Chandrika's mother was not aware of how she died. Her father presented the case as a natural death due to a heart attack. Officials said the mother has not been in a stable mental state since the incident and remains unaware that her daughter was killed by her own family members. Box 2: Wanted to become either a gynaecologist or a general physician Having scored 80% in her Class 12 exams, Chandrika cleared NEET 2025 with 490 marks, bettering the score of 380 in the previous attempt. Her partner Haresh told police she wanted to become a gynaecologist or general physician. She was staying in a hostel and was preparing for further studies when she was taken back home by her family and allegedly killed. Box 3: 'She asked for a lift and became part of my life' "She just walked up to me and said, 'Are you going to Palanpur? Can I come along?'" Haresh recalled, speaking about the first time he met Chandrika at the Tharad bus stand in Feb this year. "That was it. I didn't know back then that one ride would change everything." Haresh said they began talking during that short drive and exchanged numbers. "She told me she was preparing for NEET and wanted to become a doctor. She was full of dreams. I don't know when those small chats evolved into something bigger." They started messaging on WhatsApp and Instagram. "We would talk every day. She would tell me about her studies, her parents, how they didn't want her to study or be with me. But she never wanted to give up," he said. "She is gone, but I will never forget that smile on her face the day we first met," Haresh said.
Daily Express
04-08-2025
- Health
- Daily Express
Use of ‘likely' in neglect charge against Zayn Rayyan's mum vague, court told
Published on: Monday, August 04, 2025 Published on: Mon, Aug 04, 2025 By: Faisal Asyraf, FMT Text Size: Ismanira Abdul Manaf (centre) was charged last year with neglecting her son, Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, in a manner likely to cause him physical harm. PETALING JAYA: A child psychologist told the sessions court today the word 'likely' in the neglect charge against Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin's mother is vague and lacks clarity. Dr Noor Aishah Rosli, 49, made the observation during examination-in-chief by defence counsel Haresh Mahadevan, representing Ismanira Abdul Manaf. She said that for an act to be classified as neglect – whether emotional, physical, or educational – it must be consistent and occur over a period of time. 'The concept is that neglect involves repeated actions within a specific time frame,' she said. Noor Aishah, who runs a private clinic, added that both the American Psychological Association and the World Health Organization adhered to this definition. Haresh then referred to the charge, which states that the accused neglected Zayn 'in a manner likely to cause him physical harm', and asked if it specified how the alleged neglect occurred. 'If we look at the sentence, the word 'likely' carries an uncertain meaning,' she replied. Haresh later referred the fifth defence witness to several documents, including Ismanira's police report from when Zayn was reported missing, the post-mortem report, and Zayn's medical records from the Selayang and Sungai Buloh hospitals. Haresh: Is there anything in the reports that can be linked to neglect? Noor Aishah: None. There is nothing in the reports that relates to neglect. Haresh: Is there anything in the medical records that shows Zayn was neglected or abused? Noor Aishah: None. Ismanira and her husband, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, were charged last year with neglecting their son. Zaim was acquitted after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him. The alleged offence took place in PJU Damansara Damai between noon on Dec 5, 2023 – when Zayn was reported missing – and 9.55pm the next day, when his body was found in a stream near his home at Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai. Deputy public prosecutors Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin, Aqharie Durranie Aziz, and Nur Sabrina Zubairi are leading the prosecution. The trial before judge Syahliza Warnoh continues. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
New Straits Times
04-08-2025
- Health
- New Straits Times
Nature of neglect not clearly defined in charge against Zayn's mother, says child psychologist
PETALING JAYA: A child clinical psychologist told the Sessions Court today that the charge mounted against the mother of the deceased autistic boy, Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, lacked a clear definition of neglect. Dr Noor Aishah Rosli, 49, the fifth defence witness in the trial of Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30, said this after reviewing the amended charge presented to her by defence lawyer Haresh Mahadevan. During examination-in-chief before Sessions Court judge Dr Syahliza Warnoh, Haresh asked Dr Noor Aishah to silently read the charge. Dr Noor Aishah: It states that the accused 'had neglected the child in a manner likely to cause physical harm'. Haresh: Is the nature (of neglect) described in the charge? Dr Noor Aishah: Looking at the sentence 'had neglected the child in a manner likely to cause physical harm.'I see the word 'likely' suggests uncertainty. Haresh: Is the way the accused had neglected the child in the charge sheet as defined by the American Psychological Association (APA)? Dr Noor Aishah: It is not stated here, Yang Arif. Earlier, Dr Noor Aishah told the court that according to the APA, there were several methods of neglect, such as emotional and physical, and it must be throughout a prolonged and consistent period. She said to her knowledge, there is no definition of neglect in the country's law provision, and that was the reason she referred to international bodies such as the APA and the World Health Organisation. Haresh: You read the post mortem report as well as the police report and the caution statement by Ismanira, and comparing it with the definition of neglect you mentioned earlier, are there any links to any definition that can fit into the aspect of neglect? Dr Noor Aishah: None can be linked with the definition of neglect. There is none. Haresh: You have read three medical reports issued by the Selayang and Sungai Buloh Hospital. Was there anywhere in the reports that showed that Zayn was a neglected or abused child? Dr Noor Aishah: There is not one word that points to that. During proceedings today, Ismanira, an accounts clerk, looked composed in the dock during proceedings. Her husband, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, also 30, who was acquitted of the charge, sat in the courtroom's public gallery with his mother and sibling. The trial continues. Haresh was assisted by co-lawyers Ramzani Idris and Lavanesh Haresh. The prosecution is represented by deputy public prosecutors Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin, Aqharie Durranie Aziz and Nur Sabrina Zubairi. On July 21, Ismanira was ordered by Syahliza to enter her defence on the charge after ruling that the prosecution had successfully established a prima facie case against her. Syahliza had ordered Ismanira to enter her defence for the charge under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act. Ismanira is accused of being a person responsible for the care of Zayn and having allegedly neglected him in a manner likely to cause physical injury. She is accused of committing the offence from 12pm on Dec 5, 2023, until about 9.55pm on Dec 6, 2023, around the area of Block R, Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai, up to a nearby stream. Zayn was reported missing from Block R of the apartment on Dec 5, 2023 after Ismanira fetched him from school at 12.30pm. His body was found a day later in the stream, about 200m from his home.
