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Save me: Gujarat woman's chilling text to lover hours before honour killing
An 18-year-old woman from Gujarat's Banaskantha district was allegedly killed by her father and two uncles in a suspected case of honour killing. Just hours before her death on June 24, she texted her boyfriend, "Come and save me otherwise they will get me married."The victim, who was in a live-in relationship, constantly lived in fear of her family's response to their relationship. "Come and take me away, otherwise my family will get me married against my will. If I refuse, they will kill me. Save me," her last message to her boyfriend detailed her desperation. Hours later, her body was the discovery, the victim's live-in-partner lodged a police complaint. According to a senior police official, her father and uncle were implicated in the crime, with one uncle arrested while her father remains at large.
Based on the complaint submitted by her live-in partner, the local police on August 6 booked the girl's father Sendhabhai Patel and uncle Shivrambhai Patel for the murder, as they were against the relationship, a senior police official told India Today investigations revealed the woman was killed at Shivrambhai's house, where she was given milk laced with sleeping pills before being strangled."When the girl was at Shivrambhai's house at Dantiya village in Tharad on the night of June 24, she was offered milk containing sleeping pills. When she fell unconscious, the duo strangled her and performed her last rites the next morning to hide their crime," the senior police official her life being tragically cut short, the young woman had successfully cleared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a competitive exam for medical college admission."She had given NEET a few months back, but it is still unclear if she wanted to become a doctor or a nurse. As per the results announced recently, she has cleared the test with good marks," said the police a tragic turn, the victim's partner was in jail at the time of her final messages, unable to respond. He later filed a habeas corpus petition in court, but the woman had died by the time the hearing was on June 25, two days before the hearing, Chaudhary learnt that she had died on the night of June 24 and her last rites were also performed the next to the FIR, the girl's father and uncle had decided to kill her, fearing that she might once again elope with the complainant.- EndsInputs from Pareshkumar KishanlalMust Watch
