Youth stabbed to death after throwing chilly powde

2019-06-14

Main Information

  • Victim Names Dayanath Khan
  • Date of Incident 2019-06-14
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Inter-religious marriage / elopement / affair
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Lohith and Hemanth
  • State Karnataka
  • City/District Shimoga, Honnali
  • Party in Power JDS

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Honnali
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his friends for a trivial issue after throwing chilly powder on his eyes, near the private bus stand in the town on Friday midnight. The victim has been identified as Dayanath Khan (20). The accused have been identified as his friends Lohith and Hemanth. On Friday night, three of his friends took Dayanath Khan from his home for a party. After taking him to the field near the bus stand, they quarreled with him. When the squabble went out of control, the accused have thrown chilly powder on Khan’s eyes and stabbed him to death.