Police on Saturday arrested two males for posting content material on-line, claiming that Neha Hiremath, daughter of Karnataka Congress Corporator, was in a relationship with Fayaz Khondunaik, who killed her.
Neha Hiremath (23), daughter of Congress Councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Company Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to demise on the campus of BVB Faculty on April 18. CCTV footage confirmed Fayaz stabbing Neha a number of instances earlier than fleeing the spot. He was arrested by police later.
The incident quickly triggered public outrage with protests in Hubballi, Dharwad, amongst different locations.
Neha was a primary 12 months MCA scholar and Fayaz was her former classmate.
A number of Hindu activists lodged a grievance alleging that the 2 males posted content material on their social media handles claiming that Neha and Fayaz had been in a relationship.
They allegedly uploaded photos of Neha and Fayaz, with the caption, “Neha Fayaz true love, justice for love”.
Neha’s father Niranjan Hiremath had earlier mentioned that she was simply associates with the accused and the 2 “were not lovers”. He additionally mentioned that his daughter rejected the perpetrator’s proposals and warned him that she would file a grievance if he didn’t cease.
However in full contradiction, Fayaz’s mom Mumtaz mentioned that the 2 had been in love with one another and that she knew about it since final 12 months.
The incident has additionally led to a sparring match between the opposition BJP and the ruling Congress over a ‘love jihad’ angle within the case.
The BJP accused the Congress authorities of being smooth on anti-social parts, which resulted on this incident because the ruling social gathering tried to mission it as an incident with a private angle.
(With inputs from PTI)
