Honour Killing: Medical Student Strangled, Set Ablaze By Father, Brother In Maharashtra’s Nanded

The victim was a third year student of Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) and her marriage was fixed by her parents. However, she informed the man chosen by her family that she was in love with another man from her village.

Maharashtra Honour Killing: A 22-year-old medical student was strangled to death and set ablaze by her father, brother and three other male relatives over her love affair in Maharashtra’s Nanded district. The victim, Shubhangi Jogdand was strangled to death with a rope by her family members, who later set her ablaze and threw her remains in a stream to destroy the evidence.

The police on Friday arrested the five for the killing that took place on January 22 in Pimpri Mahipal village under Limbgaon police station, around 600 km from Mumbai.

The victim was a third year student of Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) and her marriage had been fixed. However, she informed the man chosen by her family that she was in love with another man from her village.

According to the police, the victim’s family had been upset after the wedding was called off. The woman’s father, brother, uncle and cousins took her to a farm on the night of January 22, and they allegedly killed her and tried to destroy the evidence.

The accused have been arrested under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he added.