Hyderabad: Another inter-caste couple attacked, woman’s hand nearly chopped off

Five days after a Dalit man was hacked to death in front of his pregnant wife in a suspected case of honour killing, a newly-married couple was attacked by the woman’s maternal uncle with a sickle, injuring her and her husband seriously in Hyderabad’s SR Nagar area on Wednesday evening.

Police said Sandeep and Madhavi, belonging to different castes, married at an Arya Samaj temple about a month ago. The woman’s family opposed the marriage and had warned them earlier. Madhavi has been rushed to Yashoda Hospital with grievous injuries, with her hand nearly chopped off. Sandeep has suffered injuries to his back.