‘Honour’ killing: Tamil Nadu to set up safe houses in districts to provide shelter to vulnerable, affected couples
Making the announcement in the Assembly on Friday last, Minister for Social Justice Vanni Arasu said the decision was in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Shakti Vahini vs. Union of India case and followed representations from survivors of ‘honour’ killings and activists
On August 5, decomposed and dismembered remains of a 38-year-old woman, identified as Hayathun Nisha, were discovered inside a red trolley bag on the Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station. Nisha, a native of Jagatsinghpur in Odisha, was the wife of Jahhur Khan. The Agra Railway Police registered a case and initiated an investigation following communication with the relevant authorities.
The Tamil Nadu Express had departed Chennai Central for Delhi around 10 p.m. on August 3. CCTV footage from Platform 4 showed a man and a woman carrying the suspicious trolley bag and boarding the train. This prompted further investigation, leading the police to trace the movements of the couple carrying similar bags to Guduvanchery, where they identified a rented house on Masuthi Street in which the couple had been staying with another woman.
The female suspect, Bhagabati Majhi, remains at large. The exact motive for the murder will only be established after the accused, M. Manik Uddin Laskar, is questioned upon his arrest in Manipur. Laskar, a 22-year-old native of Assam’s Cachar district, was apprehended at Kashimpur in Jiribam district after a special team tracked his movements for over a week in a remote and rainy area. The other suspect, Majhi, remains at large.
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