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10 Sentenced For Life In Tamil Nadu Dishonour Killing Case
21-year-old Gokulraj, who worked as an engineer and belongs to the Dalit community, was killed in 2015 for his relationship with an upper-caste woman.
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Tamil Nadu Man, Sentenced To Death For Dalit Son-In-Law's Murder, Freed
Over four years after a 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today acquitted the woman's father who was given death penalty and modified the death sentence of the five others to life imprisonment.
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Wife Of Tamil Nadu's Murdered Dalit Man Welcomes Father's Death Sentence
Widowed a year ago on the orders of her father, S Kausalya today welcomed the verdict of a Tamil Nadu court that sentenced him to death. V Sankar, the 23-year-old engineering student Kausalya married against the wishes of her family in July 2015, was killed barely eight months later by men hired by her father.
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In Tamil Nadu Man's Public Killing On Camera, Father-In-Law Gets Death
Six people have been given death penalty for the daylight murder of V Sankar -- the 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman -- which took place in March last year. The gruesome murder, captured on local CCTV cameras, had shocked the nation.
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On Camera, Man Hacked To Death, Wife Attacked As People Watch
A young engineering student is dragged to a pavement and hacked to death by three men who then turn on his wife on a busy road, in chilling camera footage of an attack in Tamil Nadus Tirupur on Sunday. People on the road watch, transfixed.
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Murder, Not Suicide, Say Police on Engineer Found Dead on Tracks in Tamil Nadu
On June 24, a young engineer in Tamil Nadu was found dead on railway tracks, hours after he was seen speaking to an upper caste girl. A week on, the police have said that 21-year-old Gokulraj was not run over by a train; he was murdered.
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Killed for Talking to Upper Caste Girl? Clues on Engineer's Death in CCTV Footage
A young engineer in Tamil Nadu, who was found dead on railway tracks on Wednesday afternoon, is seen being dragged away by a group of men in CCTV footage retrieved by the police.
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Murdered for Talking to Upper Caste Friend? Engineer Found Dead on Railway Track
An engineer belonging to the Dalit community was found dead on a railway track in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening.
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10 Sentenced For Life In Tamil Nadu Dishonour Killing Case
21-year-old Gokulraj, who worked as an engineer and belongs to the Dalit community, was killed in 2015 for his relationship with an upper-caste woman.
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Tamil Nadu Man, Sentenced To Death For Dalit Son-In-Law's Murder, Freed
Over four years after a 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today acquitted the woman's father who was given death penalty and modified the death sentence of the five others to life imprisonment.
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Wife Of Tamil Nadu's Murdered Dalit Man Welcomes Father's Death Sentence
Widowed a year ago on the orders of her father, S Kausalya today welcomed the verdict of a Tamil Nadu court that sentenced him to death. V Sankar, the 23-year-old engineering student Kausalya married against the wishes of her family in July 2015, was killed barely eight months later by men hired by her father.
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In Tamil Nadu Man's Public Killing On Camera, Father-In-Law Gets Death
Six people have been given death penalty for the daylight murder of V Sankar -- the 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman -- which took place in March last year. The gruesome murder, captured on local CCTV cameras, had shocked the nation.
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On Camera, Man Hacked To Death, Wife Attacked As People Watch
A young engineering student is dragged to a pavement and hacked to death by three men who then turn on his wife on a busy road, in chilling camera footage of an attack in Tamil Nadus Tirupur on Sunday. People on the road watch, transfixed.
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Murder, Not Suicide, Say Police on Engineer Found Dead on Tracks in Tamil Nadu
On June 24, a young engineer in Tamil Nadu was found dead on railway tracks, hours after he was seen speaking to an upper caste girl. A week on, the police have said that 21-year-old Gokulraj was not run over by a train; he was murdered.
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Killed for Talking to Upper Caste Girl? Clues on Engineer's Death in CCTV Footage
A young engineer in Tamil Nadu, who was found dead on railway tracks on Wednesday afternoon, is seen being dragged away by a group of men in CCTV footage retrieved by the police.
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Murdered for Talking to Upper Caste Friend? Engineer Found Dead on Railway Track
An engineer belonging to the Dalit community was found dead on a railway track in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening.
