A 22-year-old youth, Narayan Ratan Pawar, has to pay the price of loving a minor girl by giving his life at Khatkheda village in Kannad tehsil on Monday night. Meanwhile, Pishore police station has registered an offence of murder against 18 persons including a minor girl.
It so happened that a 7-year-old boy brought a chit and near the door of the Narayan’s house when he was sitting in front of the house with his parents and sister on Sunday at 7 pm. Narayan showed the chit to them. It was written by a 16-year-old girl staying in front of his house. It was a love letter in which the girl mentioned that she is missing him and told him that if he loves her then take her far away.
Hence Narayan’s father Ratan Pawar and mother Meerabai showed the letter to the girl’s parents on Monday morning.
When asked, the girl said that she has not written a letter to Narayan. In a fit of anger, the girl’s father Rajendra Kakulte beat Narayan Pawar with a wooden stick. However, all of them present on the occasion intervened and eased the situation.
However, on the same day at 8 pm, when the Pawar family were sitting in the house, Pravin Kakulte knocked on the door and when Narayan Pawar opened it, he dragged Narayan out of the house. A group of 17-18 persons who were standing outside the house. started beating Narayan mercilessly with wooden sticks and boulders.
The angry mob also beat Narayan’s father Ratan, mother Meerabai and sister Ganga. During the time of beating, Pradeep Kakulte , Rajendra Kakulte , Sachin Kakulte and Sachin Nikam lifted Narayan and threw him in a well built in the basin of the river. The accused after committing the crime came home and beat Narayan’s parents, brother and sister and also threatened them. Narayan was not aware of the swimming, as a result, he drowned. The police took him out of the well with the help of villagers and admitted to the Pishore rural hospital, but Dr Kokane declared him dead on examination.
The post-mortem was held on Tuesday morning and the last rites on him were performed in the tight police security. Meanwhile, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Thakkurwad, assistant police inspector Komal Shinde and other teams visited and inspected the spot.
8 accused arrested
On the complaint of Ratan Pawar, the police has booked Yatin Karbhari Kakulte, Praveen Narayan Kakulte, Sharad Narayan Kakulte, Pradeep Narayan Kakulte, Rajendra Narayan Kakulte, Sachin Karbhari Kakulte, Narayan Namdev Kakulte, Karbhari Namdev Kakulte, Sachin Nikam, Kantabai Narayan Kakulte, Manjula Rajendra Kakulte, Swati Praveen Kakulte, Rekha Pradeep Kakulte, Yogita Sachin Kakulte, Poonam Yatin Kakulte, Nimabai Karbhari Kakulte, Seema Sachin Nikam along with a minor girl for culpable homicide under various sections. Meanwhile, the police arrested eight of the above accused and further investigation is on.