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{{Orphan|date=April 2024}}{{Infobox event
| date = May 4, 2022
| time =
| Location = Saroornagar, [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]
| type = [[Murder]], [[Honour killing]]
| cause = Interfaith marriage
| title = Murder of Billipuram Nagaraju
| convicted = Syed Mobin Ahmed and Mohammed Masood Ahmed
| convictions = [[Murder]]
| sentence = [[Life imprisonment]]
}}

'''The murder of Billipuram Nagaraju''' took place in the [[South India]]n state of [[Telangana]]. Nagaraju, a [[Hindu]], was murdered in an honour killing because he had married Syed Ashrin Sultanam, a [[Muslim]], while Nagaraju was a [[Dalit]]. The killing was done by Syed Ashrin Sultana's brother [[Syed Mobeen Ahmed|Syed Mobin Ahmed]] with the help of their relatives as they opposed the inter-faith wedding.<ref name="The Wire 2018 t372">{{cite web | title=Dalit Man Beaten to Death in Hyderabad Allegedly for Marrying 'Upper' Caste Muslim Woman | website=The Wire | date=21 March 2018 | url=https://thewire.in/rights/hyderabad-muslim-womans-brother-relatives-kill-dalit-husband | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="United States Department of State 2023 b406">{{cite web | title=India | website=United States Department of State | date=7 December 2023 | url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/india/ | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

==Background==
Syed Ashrin Sultana, the youngest of five siblings and a Commerce (BCom) graduate, lived in Vikarabad, Hyderabad. Billipuram Nagaraju completed a course from the city's Industrial Training Institute and was a native of Marpalle in [[Rangareddy district]].<ref name="Henry 2022 w837">{{cite web | last=Henry | first=Nikhila | title=Billipuram Nagaraju, a Dalit, was allegedly killed for marrying Syed Ashrin Sultana, a Muslim. Sultana Speaks of Their Love That Transcended Caste and Religion | website=TheQuint | date=8 May 2022 | url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/billipuram-nagaraju-a-dalit-was-allegedly-killed-for-marrying-syed-ashrin-sultana-a-muslim-sultana-speaks-of-their-love-that-transcended-caste-and-religion#read-more | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Sadam 2022 c774">{{cite web | last=Sadam | first=Rishika | title='Begged bystanders, touched feet, no one helped', says wife of Hyderabad 'honour killing' victim | website=ThePrint | date=7 May 2022 | url=https://theprint.in/india/begged-bystanders-touched-feet-no-one-helped-says-wife-of-hyderabad-honour-killing-victim/945743/ | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> They knew each other since school and got married at the [[Arya Samaj]] temple on 31 January 2022 despite opposition from her family. Fearing threats from her family, they moved to [[Visakhapatnam]] but later returned to Hyderabad. Nagaraju worked as a Car salesman.

==Murder==
Billipuram Nagaraju was stabbed with a knife and beaten with an iron rod in the busy Saroornagar area of Hyderabad by Sultana's brother Syed Mobin Ahmed and others on May 4, 2022. Sultana begged for help from passersby but did not get help to save her husband.<ref name="Scroll.in 2022 k921">{{cite web | title=Two arrested for killing Dalit man over his marriage to Muslim woman in Hyderabad | website=Scroll.in | date=6 May 2022 | url=https://scroll.in/latest/1023345/two-arrested-for-killing-dalit-man-over-his-marriage-to-muslim-woman-in-hyderabad | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Deshpande 2022 i424">{{cite web | last=Deshpande | first=Abhinay | title=Wife's kin held for murder of man after inter-faith marriage in Telangana | website=The Hindu | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/honour-killing-man-killed-by-wifes-family/article65384286.ece | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="The News Minute 2022 d168">{{cite web | title=Two arrested for murder of Dalit man in Hyderabad over marriage to Muslim woman | website=The News Minute | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/two-arrested-murder-dalit-man-hyderabad-over-marriage-muslim-woman-163633 | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Hindustan Times 2022 b016">{{cite web | title=Hyderabad dishonour killing sparks huge outrage, cops to move fast-track court | website=Hindustan Times | date=6 May 2022 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/b-nagaraju-murder-case-hyderabad-dishonour-killing-sparks-massive-outrage-101651801237524.html | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

==Court proceedings==
Sultana's brother Syed Mobin Ahmed, and his brother-in-law, Mohammed Masood Ahmed were convicted for the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle 2023 l976">{{cite web | title=Telangana: Two get lifer for killing Dalit Man in Saroornagar | website=Deccan Chronicle | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/061023/two-get-lifer-for-killing-dalit-kin-in-saroornagar.html | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Deepak 2023 g738">{{cite web | last=Deepak | first=Pinto | title=Eyewitness travels 700 km for foolproof' conviction of murder accused | website=Deccan Chronicle | date=8 October 2023 | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/081023/eyewitness-travels-700-km-for-foolproof-conviction-of-murder-acc.html | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu Bureau 2023 a301">{{cite web | author= | title=Saroonagar hate-crime case: accused found guilty on three counts | website=The Hindu | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/two-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-murder-of-man-after-inter-faith-marriage-in-hyderabad/article67389331.ece | access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.thequint.com/news/india/my-raju-was-killed-in-public-hyderabad-man-stabbed-for-marrying-muslim-woman 'I Fell at Everyone's Feet': Wife of Hyd Man Killed Over Interfaith Marriage]

[[Category:Crime in Telangana]]
[[Category:Caste-related violence in India]]
[[Category:Honour killing in India]]

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