“Bihar: 24-year-old Hindu youth found hanging from a tree a month after marrying a Muslim girl, family accuses girl’s family of murder”, Opindia, January 16, 2024:
“On Monday, January 15, a 24-year-old Hindu youth named Santosh Kumar Chaudhary was found dead in Bihar’s Vaishali district. This happened merely a month after he got married to his Muslim love interest Mosrath Khatun. The villagers had found his lifeless body hanging from a tree a day after he went missing from his house on Sunday (January 14). The family of Santosh Kumar has accused the family members of his Muslim wife of having a hand in their son’s murder.
The Vaishali police probing the case said that Santosh Kumar, a resident of Bahuara village, was romantically involved with a 21-year-old Muslim girl named Mosrath Khatun, from his neighbouring village Maalpur, for the last three years. Reportedly, Santosh Kumar used to visit Mosrath Khatun’s father Shaukat Ali’s house to milk the cow, and it was there that he met Mosrath Khatun and the two fell in love.
Three months ago, the duo fled to Delhi. Eventually, on December 18, 2023, they married each other in a Temple as per Hindu rituals. Later, they also got their marriage registered in the court…..”
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