Hyderabad: Woman’s father arrested for attack on inter-caste couple

While Sandeep is from the SC community, Madhavi belongs to OBC community. On Thursday, hospital sources said Madhavi’s condition was still critical and was on ventilator support. “The surgery was successfully completed at 2 am. She will be under observation for the next 48 hours,” the source said. Sandeep, however, is fine and out of danger.

Police had said the couple decided to get married after Madhavi’s parents warned her of dire consequences over her relationship, and started looking for a groom to marry her off. The incident came close on the heels of a Dalit man being hacked to death in Miryalaguda town of Nalgonda district by a man hired by the father of the upper caste woman he had married, triggering protests.