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{{Short description|2024 murder in India}}
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| title = Murder of Aishwarya
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| date = January 2 to 3 of 2024
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|type =[[Murder]], [[Honor killing]]
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| cause = [[Inter-caste marriages in India|Inter-caste marriage]]
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| reported death(s) = Aishwarya
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| suspects = Aishwarya's parents, Perumal and Roja and her relatives
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The '''killing of Aishwarya''' occurred between January 2 to 3 of 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tamil Nadu woman killed by family days after marrying Dalit in Thanjavur |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-woman-killed-by-family-inter-caste-marriage-dalit-man-thanjavur-2487024-2024-01-10 |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=India Today |date=10 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

A [[Kallar (caste)|Kallar]] [[Hindus|Hindu]], Aishwarya, 19 years old, married Naveen, a [[Dalit]] on December 31, 2023, following an 18-month relationship.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2024-01-11 |title=Caste killing: Cop suspended, victim's parents remanded |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/caste-killing-cop-suspended-victims-parents-remanded/articleshow/106713684.cms |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The couple met in school and worked at a knitting unit in [[Tiruppur]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=Woman, 19, burned to death for marrying dalit in Tamil Nadu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/woman-19-burned-to-death-for-marrying-dalit-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/106649946.cms |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Following the wedding, the couple moved to [[Veerapandi, Theni]]. A [[missing person]]s report was filed by Aishwarya's parents, Perumal and Roja, which led to Aishwarya being returned to her parents despite her being of the [[Majority Act (India)|age of majority]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

On January 3, 2024, Naveen learned about the death and cremation of Aishwarya, filing a police report on January 7 under the suspicion Aishwarya was murdered by her parents.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=The Observer |date=2024-01-11 |title=Tamil Nadu: Woman Killed by Family Days After Marrying Dalit Man |url=https://theobserverpost.com/tamil-nadu-woman-killed-by-family-days-after-marrying-dalit-man/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=The Observer Post |language=en-US}}</ref>

Perumal and Roja were later arrested for the torturing and hanging of their daughter who was later cremated <ref name="தமிழரசு 2024 q500">{{cite web | last=தமிழரசு | first=பிரபாகர் | title=நவீன், ஐஸ்வர்யா: பட்டியல் சாதி இளைஞரை திருமணம் செய்த பெண்ணை புளியமரத்தில் தூக்கிட்டு கொலை செய்த பெற்றோர் | website=BBC News தமிழ் | date=13 January 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/c3gy2425vg3o | language=ta | access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> and police officer Murugaiyan suspended for enforcing the return of Aishwarya to her parents.<ref name=":1" /> Several other members of Aishwarya's family were detained in relation to the incident.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Honour-Killing of 19-Year-Old Woman After She Marries Dalit Man in Tamil Nadu |url=https://www.news18.com/india/tamil-nadu-honour-killing-19-year-old-woman-marries-dalit-man-family-murder-thanjavur-thevar-8735532.html |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2024-01-13 |title=Three more held in Thanjavur for murder of 19-yr-old-woman in relationship with Dalit man |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/three-more-held-in-thanjavur-for-murder-of-19-yr-old-woman-in-relationship-with-dalit-man |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Crime in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Honour killing in India]]
[[Category:Femicide in India]]
[[Category:Caste-related violence in India]]
[[Category:Honor killing victims]]
[[Category:People murdered in India]]
[[Category:2024 murders in India]]
[[Category:Filicides]]
[[Category:Incidents of violence against women]]
[[Category:2020s in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Deaths by person in India]]
[[Category:January 2024 in India]]
[[Category:January 2024 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:Tiruppur]]

Murder of Aishwarya - Revision history

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