HYDERABAD: The
Osmania University students held a massive rally from Arts College to
NCC gate in support of Pranay and Amrutha, who were victims of alleged honour killing in Miryalaguda in
Nalgonda district on September 14.
Over 500 students participated in the rally demanding justice for
Amrutha Varshini who lost her husband Pranay Kumar after a contract killer attacked the couple at outside a hospital in Miryalaguda. Students raised slogans as they demanded fast track trial in the case wherein Amrutha's father Maruthi Rao is the main accused.
Among the many demands raised by the students is - introduction of Pranay Act on par with the Nirbhaya Act to protect couple indulging in inter-caste marriages and investigation by a High Court sitting judge in the Nalgonda case. The OU students also demanded the
Telangana Rashtra Samithi led government to take responsibility of such honour killing cases after another couple - Madhavi Chary, 20 and B Sandeep - were attacked by the girl's father in Erragadda on September 19.
"This is the 14th caste killing in Telangana. Why has the TRS govt not responded and taken action on such killings. It's high time that the government reacts to such incidents and take action," said Dudapaka Naresh, state president of Dalit Minority Students Association in OU.
Few students were also detained by the OU police station and released in the evening.
