US EditionTeen 'Marries' Boyfriend's Corpse After He Was 'Murdered by Her Dad and Brothers'
Aanchal Mamidwar publicly married her boyfriend's corpse after his alleged honour killing by her father and brothers, who were arrested and charged in Nanded, Maharashtra.
- On Monday, 21-year-old Aanchal Mamidwar married her deceased lover Saksham Tate in Nanded district, applying turmeric and vermillion and performing funeral rites.
- Family opposition over caste differences prompted the Mamidwar family to plot against Saksham Tate after police say they learned Aanchal Mamidwar planned to marry him.
- On November 27, a fight in Old Ganj escalated as Himesh Mamidwar allegedly shot Saksham, then smashed his head with a tile, while Aanchal alleged policemen Dheeraj Komulwar and Mahi Dasarwar provoked the attack.
- Police soon arrested Himesh Mamidwar, Sahil Mamidwar and Gajanan Mamidwar , sent them to three-day custody and filed an honour killing case while probing further.
- Family members and the victim's relatives called for an impartial investigation as Aanchal Mamidwar demanded capital punishment and said, `Aanchal said`, while Saksham Tate's mother questioned police claims and sought a fair probe.
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Who was Shubham Tate and why an OBC family killed the Dalit Buddhist youth in Nanded
The case involves allegations of police involvement, a symbolic marriage performed by Aanchal after the killing, and a wave of misleading caste narratives online that ignored her own clarification about their relationship and her family’s actual community background.
A young woman in Nanded alleged that her family murdered her lover, Saksham Tatte, simply because he belonged to a lower caste. The woman said the police taunted her brother, saying it would be better to kill him than complain. Her brother took this as a challenge and killed him. The woman even married his lover's corpse.
Cops 'provoked' my brother to kill him: Maharashtra woman who 'married' boyfriend's corpse
The Maharashtra woman, who 'married' her boyfriend's corpse, has alleged that her brother killed her partner after he was allegedly taunted by a couple of policemen. In her statement on Monday, she said her brother Himesh Mamidwar had taken her to the police station to register a 'false case' against her boyfriend. Upon hearing everything, she alleged that two policemen - Dheeraj Komulwar and Mahi Dasarwar - provoked Himesh and asked him to 'dea…
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