An inter-caste couple was murdered by an unidentified group of people in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district on Thursday in what local police believe is a hate crime. If the police assessment on it being a hate crime is true, this will be the second such incident in a week after the murder of an inter-caste couple in Coimbatore on July 25. Since Jothi’s parents opposed the marriage, she left her home and got married to her lover in April. Jothi was three months pregnant and the way in which they have been brutally murdered is horrible,” Karpagam said. The case comes close on the heels of the murder of another inter-caste couple by the man’s brother in Mettupalayam near Coimbatore.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2019 18:00 UTC