They eloped and married lawfully on May 14 after their separate families refused to approve of their courtship. The following day, the couple married in a nearby temple.
Digital Desk: A
31-year-old Bengali lad from Malkangiri district in Odisha committed himself
nine days after marrying a 20-year-old tribal girl, according to his family,
after a village council was conducted in the girl's community to decide if the
marriage was genuine or not.
Doctors at the
Malkangiri district headquarters hospital declared the youth, a mason from the
MV-9 village, one of the 216 villages in Malkangiri district where Bengali
immigrants have relocated, dead on Monday morning.
According to family relatives, the deceased
was in love with the 21-year-old female. They eloped and married lawfully on
May 14 after their separate families refused to approve of their courtship. The
following day, the couple married in a nearby temple.
"On May 16, the girl's family members
arrived at her Bengali home and whisked her away to her hamlet of Boilapari
under the excuse that her mother was ill. She was expected to return to her
husband's house, approximately a kilometre away, that evening, but she did not.
"The girl's family kept postponing her return for a few days until they
announced a village assembly on May 20 would decide the destiny of the
marriage," said the deceased's brother-in-law.
A conference of almost 200 Koya tribals
conducted on May 20 could not decide whether or not to allow the tribal girl to
stay with the Bengali lad, but she was not allowed to meet him. The child was
so upset that he attempted suicide on Sunday afternoon. The boy's condition had
deteriorated by the time the family discovered him, according to his
brother-in-law.
"The girl was mercilessly battered by her
family for admitting to making a mistake in front of the kangaroo court."
The couple had met with the inspector of Malkangiri police station the day
following their wedding to discuss security. The inspector advised them that because
they were both majors, they could make their own marital decisions.
An unnatural death complaint has been filed in this matter, according to Malkangiri police station inspector Rigan Kindo. However, he stated that the boy's family has not filed any charges against the girl's family members.
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