Malkangiri, April 14: Police arrested Six persons including a village head on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the murder of a lover duo in Dhakadapalli village under Maneru panchayat in this district.
Police says, ‘Manhunt has been launched to nab others.’ Said Lovers duo could not get consent of their community to get marry. So, they had fled away from the village and gone to Andhra Pradesh. When the incident came to light, the village panchayat put pressure on the families of the boy and the girl to call them back to the village. After being called by their family members, the lover duo had arrived at the village with the hope that the panchayat would resolve their case. But to their horror, the villagers hacked the duo to death and severely thrashed the family members.
Later, they tied the hands and legs of the boy and girl and threw the bodies in Saberi river. The bodies were later traced by some people at Dermapali in neighboring Chhattisgarh on November 26.
