NANDED, Dec 1: A day after “marrying” her lover’s corpse, a 21-year-old woman in Maharashtra’s Nanded district on Monday alleged that two cops from Itwara police station abetted his murder.Superintendent of Police Abinash Kumar said an inquiry will be conducted into the allegations by an Additional SP-rank officer.
Videos of Aanchal Mamidwar’s act at the deceased’s home and her call for her kin to be hanged for the killing went viral on social media.
Police have arrested Mamidwar’s two brothers- Himesh and Sahil (25)- and their father, Gajanan Mamidwar (45), in connection with the murder of Saksham Tate (20), which was prima facie a fallout of caste differences between the victim and Aanchal.“On the day of murder, my brother Himesh took me to Itwara police station in Nanded in the morning and asked me to file a complaint against Saksham,” she told PTI Videos.Aanchal said she refused to file fake complaints.“Two police officials provoked him (Himesh), saying that he should go kill the man, whom I love, rather than getting into a fight with other people,” Aanchal said, adding that Himesh challenged them to visit the police station after killing Saksham.“My brother was very angry. He told the police officials that he would come to the police station after killing Saksham. Then he killed him. My only demand is that the accused (her brother and father) must be punished the same way Saksham died… Now I have married him and will stay with his family. I will take care of them,” she added.Reacting to the allegations, SP Abinash Kumar said Aanchal didn’t raise any such claim earlier.“However, we have taken her statement on record. An ASP officer will conduct the inquiry into this allegation”, he told PTI.According to police, Saksham (20) was standing with his friends in the old Ganj area on Thursday evening when a fight erupted between him and Himesh.Himesh allegedly fired at Saksham, the bullet piercing his ribs, and then smashed a tile on his head, killing him on the spot, a police official said.“I was in love with Saksham for the past three years, but my father opposed our relationship over caste differences. My family often threatened to kill Saksham, and now my father and brothers, Himesh and Sahil, have done it. I want justice. I want the accused to be hanged,” Aanchal said.She said that she planned to stay in Saksham’s house from now onwards. (PTI)
