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Karnataka Man Strangles Daughter, Puts Pesticide In Mouth Over Intercaste Relationship

Shankar Kollur was arrested after killing his daughter Kavitha to oppose her inter-caste relationship, fearing it would affect his other daughters' marriage prospects, police said.

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A man allegedly strangled his daughter, forced pesticide into her mouth to stage it as a suicide, and later performed her last rites because she was in a relationship with a young man from a different community, Kalaburagi Police Commissioner said.

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The New Indian Express broke the news in India on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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