A pregnant teen from Karnataka was beaten to death over an inter-caste marriage

The girl was allegedly beaten to death by her own family and later succumbed to injuries, according to the police.

A shocker in Karnataka has made the headlines, where a teenage girl who was pregnant was allegedly killed by her own family over an inter-caste marriage. The police officials revealed that the girl was beaten to death by her family using pipes and agricultural equipment on Sunday night.

A 19-year-old pregnant girl in Karnataka was beaten to death by her family.

As per reports, a 19-year-old pregnant girl was allegedly attacked by her family over an inter-caste marriage in Hubbali, Karnataka. They used pipes and agricultural equipment to beat her, which later led to her death, said the police. The woman died at a private hospital after succumbing to the injuries sustained in the alleged attack, as per news agency PTI.

Police make arrests in the atrocious killing of the 19-year-old pregnant girl.

Police have now arrested three people in the case, including the victim’s father, in connection with the incident that occurred on Sunday evening, the report mentioned. The incident happened at Inam-Veerapur in the Hubbali Rural taluka. As per the police, the woman, identified as Manya in a report by the NDTV, was allegedly attacked by a pipe and agricultural equipment on Sunday night. She sustained multiple injuries that later caused her death in the hospital. According to the police officials quoted in the PTI report, the victim had married a man from a different caste from her village in May, despite opposition from her family. They had returned to the town to live with the man’s family earlier this month.

The report further revealed that before the attack, several attempts were made to reconcile the two families to avert any violence. The victim was six months pregnant. On Sunday, her family members first allegedly tried to attack her husband and father-in-law while they were working at their agricultural field in the village. The duo escaped the initial attack, further infuriating the woman’s family. The accused then turned their attention to the victim’s house, barging in around the evening. They attacked the girl, along with another woman and a man, who were present there and tried to protect her. Both of them have also sustained serious injuries.