By Scroll Staff
A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar by in-laws who opposed his marriage to their 18-year-old daughter, reported The Indian Express on Saturday.
The woman’s family belongs to the Other Backward Classes community.
The man, Amit Murlidhar Salunkhe, was attacked with sharp instruments on July 14 by his father-in-law and his wife’s brother, according to the newspaper. He died in hospital on Friday.
His wife, Vidya Kirtishahi, reportedly told the police that her parents had cited the plot of the popular Marathi-language film Sairat while warning her against the marriage.
Nagraj Manjule’s award-winning film, released in 2016, tells the story of a dominant-caste girl who falls in love with and eventually marries a lower-caste boy. They are hacked to death by members of the girl’s family in retaliation.
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