[VIDEO] Hindu Man In Hyderabad Killed After Marrying a Muslim

[MenInG]

Hyderabad: A young man lay bleeding by a busy road in Hyderabad, his face smashed to pulp with iron rods, while his wife valiantly fought off his attackers, in a horrific killing in public caught on camera last evening.

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The 25-year-old car salesman was beaten and stabbed to death by his Muslim wife's brother and relatives, the police say.

B Nagaraju and Syed Ashrin Sulthana, described in reports as "childhood sweethearts", had married three months ago, defying her family.

Nagaraju and Fathima had married against the wishes of her family.

Around 8.45 pm on Wednesday, the couple had just left home on their bike when two men stopped them, dragged Nagaraju off and attacked him with iron rods and knives. Security footage showed a crowd rapidly collecting at the spot but no one trying to stop the attack. Many had their mobile phones out, recording the crime.

On camera, Nagaraju soon appeared lifeless, his head a bloodied mass, as his wife screamed for help. In one video, Sulthana was seen lunging at one of the attackers, trying to stop another strike at Nagaraju. Witnesses rushed at the attacker then, hitting him and chasing him off. She later identified the attacker as her brother.

It was all over within seconds. Nagaraju died by a road buzzing with traffic and people but nothing could save him.

"They killed my husband in the middle of the street. Five people attacked. My brother and others. There was nobody to help us. I begged everyone. They killed him in front of my eyes," Sulthana, dazed with grief, told reporters today.

"Why did people come if they couldn't do anything? They only watched. It happens before their eyes, someone being killed, can't people see? I fell on him so I could save him. But they pushed me away. They hit him with iron rods and broke his head."

The attackers fled but they were caught on security cameras and the mobile phone videos recorded by witnesses. The police have formed teams to arrest the killers seen on camera.

Nagaraju and Sulthana had an Arya Samaj wedding on January 31. They had known each other since Class 10 but her family was dead opposed to her marrying outside her faith.

Sulthana said she had tried to stay away from Nagaraju earlier. "I told him if I don't marry you, I won't marry anyone else. I told him life or death is with you only. I will die. Before our marriage, I didn't speak to him for two months, so I could just die,'' she shared with reporters, weeping.

Sulthana had changed her name to Pallavi after the wedding. Her family had allegedly threatened Nagaraju and had told him to stay away from her.

"We filed a complaint with the police on the life threats from the girl's family. Due to police negligence, today I lost my brother. He was the sole bread earner of the family," Nagaraju's sister Ramadevi told news agency ANI.

The gruesome killing has sparked tension in the Saroornagar area of Hyderabad. Local BJP activists have launched protests demanding tough action.

"A person was killed by two persons. The deceased was traveling on a bike with his wife. They got married recently and both belonged to different communities. Brothers of the deceased's wife today assaulted Nagaraju and then attacked him with a rod and killed him on the spot," said Sreedhar Reddy, a police officer.

According to news agency PTI, Sulthana told reporters that five people had attacked her husband on the road. She also said she had known Nagaraju for over 11 years.

NDTV

 

[JaDed]

I remember similar cases in Delhi what is shocking is they do it in public , probably to set an example?

I blame the police partially for this but the ratio of police to citizens is so bad not sure what can be done to fix that.

"We filed a complaint with the police on the life threats from the girl's family. Due to police negligence, today I lost my brother. He was the sole bread earner of the family," Nagaraju's sister Ramadevi told news agency ANI.

 

[Varun]

The long term solution to this problem is to wait for the older, conservative generation to pass on and be naturally replaced by younger generations.

Oh wait, the BJP has indoctrinated said younger generations with poison and malice already? Sigh.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Disgusting anyone can be murdered in such in a brutal way on the street.

India is a ticking time bomb for communal violence.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Disgusting anyone can be murdered in such in a brutal way on the street.

India is a ticking time bomb for communal violence.

This has been the case for decades and probably centuries now.

No one messes with Muslim girls and expect to get away unscathed.

 

[KingKhanWC]

This has been the case for decades and probably centuries now.

No one messes with Muslim girls and expect to get away unscathed.

Such honour crimes against ones own or the other are old but the current tensions between Hindus against Muslims and Christians are a produce of RSS being in government. Such instances now could lead to mass violence.

Btw Im sure it can also be the same if a Hindu girl gets with a Muslim guy.

 

[gazza619]

The involved should be hanged in public!!!

 

[Pakpak]

Wasn't Joshila and his RSS brigade defending laws which made such cross faith marriages illegal?

Disgusting incident.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Such honour crimes against ones own or the other are old but the current tensions between Hindus against Muslims and Christians are a produce of RSS being in government. Such instances now could lead to mass violence.

Btw Im sure it can also be the same if a Hindu girl gets with a Muslim guy.

I know some Hindu Girls who married Muslim men. The girls family disowned her. No one went for the head of the Muslim boys or their family.
Having lived in that area for over 2 decades of my life, I can guarantee that the man was brainwashed by some elders in his community to carry out this attack. Between RSS had no influence in South India in 80's and 90's. But these kind of things were still common back then. Hence I said no one dares to fall in love with Muslim girls.

I believe you are a Pakistani. Can a Hindu or Christian carry out such attack on a Muslim man in Pakistan for marrying his Sister?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Wasn't Joshila and his RSS brigade defending laws which made such cross faith marriages illegal?

Disgusting incident.

Conversion is made illegal. People still marry across religions.

 

[anikrc1]

This particular incident possibly has a casteist tone as well. As per the deceased's wife the man proposed to her family that he will convert to Islam, but they didn't accept. Possibly because he was a dalit.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I know some Hindu Girls who married Muslim men. The girls family disowned her. No one went for the head of the Muslim boys or their family.
Having lived in that area for over 2 decades of my life, I can guarantee that the man was brainwashed by some elders in his community to carry out this attack. Between RSS had no influence in South India in 80's and 90's. But these kind of things were still common back then. Hence I said no one dares to fall in love with Muslim girls.

I believe you are a Pakistani. Can a Hindu or Christian carry out such attack on a Muslim man in Pakistan for marrying his Sister?

Try doing some research, google can be your friend too. Your personal experience doesnt mean Muslim men have not been attacked or killed by Hindus for the same reason.

I dont live in Pakistan but of course. Humans are capable of anything, no matter how rare this would be.

 

[MenInG]

Hyderabad: Her husband was beaten to death with an iron road on a busy road in Hyderabad and a crowd couldn't save him, though she begged for help. Syed Ashrin Sulthana later told the police the killers were her brother and his friends. She wants them brought to justice.

Newlywed Sulthana entered her husband B Nagaraju's home for the first time after his death two days ago. She says she will live in his childhood home, with his memories, till the day she dies.

Nagaraju, a Hindu, died instantly after the attack by his Muslim wife's brother.

Dazed with grief, Sulthana, 21, holds tight to a framed photo of Nagaraju as Lord Krishna as she speaks to NDTV on the horror of Wednesday evening.

"My husband and I were going on a bike. He slowed down a little to cross the road, suddenly two bikes came. I didn't realise my brother was on one of them. They pushed my husband, he fell. They started hitting him with rods. When I tried to save him, my brother's friends pushed me. I pleaded for help but people took videos," she said.

It was all over within moments, but she felt people had enough time to intervene and stop the attack. She feels she wasted precious seconds asking for help that never came.

"In 10 to 15 minutes, my husband was hit 30 to 35 times with a rod. They hit my husband on his brain. When he died and when I touched his head, my hand went right through... his brain had spilled out. I wasted my time asking people for help, trusting society. I could have used that time to do something more to help my husband. My husband didn't even realise my brother killed him... Twenty people could have stopped four people."

Nagaraju, a 25-year-old car salesman, and Sulthana, married on January 31, defying her family, which was rabidly opposed to her marrying outside her faith.

But the two had known each other since school and were madly in love. Their love, they felt, would prevail and win. Religion had never bothered them before.

"There was always a threat from my family. I had told Raju to marry someone else as there was a problem. I tried to persuade him for two months. But he said we will live together and die together. Even if we have to go somewhere far away after marriage. He said I am ready to die for you. Today, my husband did end up dying, because of me. I feel if I had let him marry someone else, he would have lived," Sulthana shared.

"Being here, in Raju's childhood home, I feel like I am with him."

Her mother-in-law presses her to drink her juice and she does, reluctantly - two women, united in grief.

Sulthana cannot get the gruesome images out of her mind - her husband lying lifeless on the road, his head a mess of blood, flesh and bits of brain.

In the 10 years she had known Nagaraju, Sulthana had never seen him in pain. Yet she saw him die in the most horrific way.

"I thought I couldn't even survive one minute without my husband. But I am here, talking to you, because I am angry with my brother. All I want is that they suffer for how my husband died," she said.

"My brother beat me the day before my wedding, on January 30. He locked me in a room and told me to hang myself."

She somehow escaped and married "Raju" the next day. The couple changed their phone sims. They even went to the police, who advised them to move away from family.

NDTV

 

[MenInG]

I am constantly shocked by how brutal human beings can be to each other. But then I should know its in our DNA. May ALLAH have mercy on our souls - Ameen

 

[srh]

Wasn't Joshila and his RSS brigade defending laws which made such cross faith marriages illegal?

Disgusting incident.

It was not a cross faith marriage if you read the news report. It is implied that the girl had become hindu because (1) she changed her name from a muslim name to a hindu name and (2) the marriage was performed as a hindu marriage.
Disgusting incident nevertheless.

 

[cricketjoshila]

This reminds me of the killing of Ankit Dixit in Delhi. He was also similarly killed by the brothers of his muslim girlfriend.

Muslim society in India is still very conservative in comparison to the other religions, who have liberalised. This is true for most cities and urban centers

This has resulted into a very peculiar and rising problem.

1. Muslim males try to befriend women of other religions. Sometimes by even changing names. Many times when the identity is revealed later, it has resulted in assaults or even murder of the non muslim girls.

2. In big cities like Hyderabad or Delhi and like wise, you will see lots of muslim girls and boys being friends with other gender of different religion. If the girl is muslim, it may lead to cases as in the OP.

Personally i have two experiences,

My second cousin, is married to a muslim. Her immediate family has largely disowned her. Distant relatives, esp cousins stay in touch via phone.

My sikh mbbs batchmate, met a muslim girl from kerala, at the famous CMC Vellore while both were doing their post grad. They fell in love. More than a decade later, the girl hasnt informed her family about her whereabouts. Once a month she calls them by going to another city.

 

[srh]

This reminds me of the killing of Ankit Dixit in Delhi. He was also similarly killed by the brothers of his muslim girlfriend.

Muslim society in India is still very conservative in comparison to the other religions, who have liberalised. This is true for most cities and urban centers

This has resulted into a very peculiar and rising problem.

1. Muslim males try to befriend women of other religions. Sometimes by even changing names. Many times when the identity is revealed later, it has resulted in assaults or even murder of the non muslim girls.

2. In big cities like Hyderabad or Delhi and like wise, you will see lots of muslim girls and boys being friends with other gender of different religion. If the girl is muslim, it may lead to cases as in the OP.

Personally i have two experiences,

My second cousin, is married to a muslim. Her immediate family has largely disowned her. Distant relatives, esp cousins stay in touch via phone.

My sikh mbbs batchmate, met a muslim girl from kerala, at the famous CMC Vellore while both were doing their post grad. They fell in love. More than a decade later, the girl hasnt informed her family about her whereabouts. Once a month she calls them by going to another city.

Islam is very clear about interfaith marriages:
1) A muslim man cannot marry a non-muslim except Jews and Christians (some conditions apply).
2) A muslim woman cannot marry a non-muslim.

Those muslim men and women who are not obeying these rules should realize that as per Islam their marriage is null and void and their sexual relations will be consider indulging in adultery.

Killing them though is disgusting and hope the culprits are caught and given severe punishment.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Islam is very clear about interfaith marriages:
1) A muslim man cannot marry a non-muslim except Jews and Christians (some conditions apply).
2) A muslim woman cannot marry a non-muslim.

Those muslim men and women who are not obeying these rules should realize that as per Islam their marriage is null and void and their sexual relations will be consider indulging in adultery.

Killing them though is disgusting and hope the culprits are caught and given severe punishment.

1) Thats when the problem arises. Non muslim girls are forced kr coerced to convert to islam. In most cases they refuse, leading to violence in some cases.

2) If the girl doesn't care about the religion and is an apopstate like in this case?

 

[anikrc1]

It was not a cross faith marriage if you read the news report. It is implied that the girl had become hindu because (1) she changed her name from a muslim name to a hindu name and (2) the marriage was performed as a hindu marriage.
Disgusting incident nevertheless.

Actually the husband was ready to convert to Islam. They had a Hindu marriage ceremony only after the girl's family refused

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Horrible incident.

The real problem is viewing women as the "honor" of ones family. The mentality that a women's life choices will disgrace a family is something that has to go.

And "honor killings" are rare, what's more common is disowning your own child if she marries out of her faith. Even liberal, non practicing people have done this. A good example is Jinnah who disowned his daughter for marrying a Parsi, even though he married a Parsi (who converted to Islam) himself, and was a liberal person as one can be.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

I know some Hindu Girls who married Muslim men. The girls family disowned her. No one went for the head of the Muslim boys or their family.

Muslims have been beaten and arrested for love jihad. They have been falsely accused of various charges to protect the honor of the family.

Also most Muslims would also disown their daughter for marrying out of her faith, and not kill the person. Killing is extremely rare. Real problem is the entire concept of "honor".

I believe you are a Pakistani. Can a Hindu or Christian carry out such attack on a Muslim man in Pakistan for marrying his Sister?

Nope. However false police reports have been filed.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

This particular incident possibly has a casteist tone as well. As per the deceased's wife the man proposed to her family that he will convert to Islam, but they didn't accept. Possibly because he was a dalit.

i doubt it. Its not like they would be doing Bhangra if a Brahmin sent a rishta to their daughter. Its because he is a non Muslim.

From the family's point of view the conversion is a sham to marry the girl. His parents, siblings, grandparents etc are all Hindu. Their daughter would be going into a Hindu household. Not to mention the disgrace the family would have in their family, social circle.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

This reminds me of the killing of Ankit Dixit in Delhi. He was also similarly killed by the brothers of his muslim girlfriend.

Muslim society in India is still very conservative in comparison to the other religions, who have liberalised. This is true for most cities and urban centers

Its not like Hindus/Sikhs would like their daughters to marry Muslims. So its a stretch to say other religions have "liberalized".

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Islam is very clear about interfaith marriages:
1) A muslim man cannot marry a non-muslim except Jews and Christians (some conditions apply).

Muslim men have been marrying Hindu women for the last 1,400 years. This is because in the subcontinent Muslims gave "people of the book" status to Hindus since the time of Mohammed Bin Qasim. Some of these women converted, others did not, however the children were always raised Muslim. This is similar to Muslim men Jewish/Christian women marriages.

Islam is very clear about interfaith marriages:
2) A muslim woman cannot marry a non-muslim. .

This is not fair to Muslim women. Since scholars have been flexible in who Muslim men can marry, then the same principal should be extended to Muslim women. We are in 2022 now.

Muslim women should have the right to marry non Muslims whether they are Christian, Jewish, or Hindu without having to be disowned from the Muslim community. Unless they wish to leave on their own accord.

If children from these marriages want to be Muslim, their should be no problem with that. And if they don't want to be Muslim, that is also fine.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Its not like Hindus/Sikhs would like their daughters to marry Muslims. So its a stretch to say other religions have "liberalized".

Liberalized in desi context doesn't mean they will accept the marriage....it means they won't kill go as far as killing them.

Relatively speaking...cos honor killings happen in all communities.

 

[MenInG]

This is not about Islam but about animals acting on behalf of their own egos.