MADIKERI: A tenth standard girl was brutally murdered by a 32-year-old man in Kodagu. In the heinous incident, the man cut off the victim's head and threw away her body. The incident was reported at Surlabbi under Madikeri Taluk in Karnataka's Kodagu district.
The victim has been identified as 15-year-old US Meena, a tenth-grade student of Surlabbi High School who had passed the SSLC examination recently. The villagers were happy as she obtained 52% and her school achieved 100% results. However, she was brutally murdered by the accused Onkarappa (Papu), a resident of the village.
The accused allegedly dragged the victim out of her house last night and massacred the girl in front of her parents. Meena was the only daughter of Subramani and Muthakki. The incident has been recorded at Somwarpet police station and has been taken to swift investigations. SP K Ramarajan confirmed that the family fixed the minor girl's engagement with the accused.
However, a few alerted the child helpline despite officials from the social welfare department visiting the family and convincing them to get the girl married off only after she turned 18. Nevertheless, the accused rushed to the house after the officials left and brutally killed her.