All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemned the murder of a Hindu man in Hyderabad, allegedly over his interfaith marriage. B. Nagaraju (25) was brutally killed in public view allegedly by his Muslim wife's brother and another person in a case of suspected honour killing, with the incident sending shockwaves after the gory murder that was caught on camera went viral.
"We condemn the [honour killing] incident that took place in Saroornagar. The woman willingly decided to get married. Her brother doesn’t have any right to kill her husband. It is a criminal act as per Constitution, and the worst crime as per Islam," Owaisi said, according to news agency ANI.
We condemn the (honour killing) incident that took place in Saroornagar. The woman willingly decided to get married. Her brother doesn’t have any right to kill her husband. It’s a criminal act as per constitution &the worst crime as per Islam: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (06.05) pic.twitter.com/EoihWmRwTt
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2022
The incident happened on Wednesday night at Saroornagar when the victim, a dalit, was travelling on a motorbike with his wife and was confronted by his attackers—Syed Mobin Ahmed and Mohammed Masood Ahmed—who came on a scooter, stopped the couple on the road and attacked the man in full public view with an iron rod before stabbing him with a knife, killing him on the spot, police said.
"This incident is being given another colour since yesterday. Didn’t the police arrest the accused immediately? They have arrested him. We do not stand with the murderers," Owaisi said.
