‘Love won...’ Woman marries dead boyfriend after family kills him over inter-caste relationship

Maharashtra: A 20-year-old man was beaten, shot and had his head crushed with a stone in Maharashtra's Nanded. At his funeral, his girlfriend applied vermillion on her forehead and vowed to live in his house as a daughter-in-law.

Aanchal met Saksham Tate through her brothers and began to grow closer to him during frequent visits to his home. Their three-year relationship had recently come under pressure from her family, who opposed their union because of a difference in their castes. Aanchal continued her relationship with Saksham despite numerous threats.

When Aanchal's brothers and father learned that she was going to marry Tate, they beat him on Thursday, shot him in the head and crushed his head with a stone.

What happened during the funeral?

As his last rites were underway, Aanchal reached Saksham’s house. She applied turmeric on his body, vermillion on her forehead and married her dead boyfriend's body.

She then decided to live in his house for the rest of her life as his wife.

"Our love won, even in Saksham's death, and my father and brothers lost," she said, while demanding a death penalty for Tate's killers.

The woman insisted that she married him because even though Tate is dead, their love is still alive.

The police have registered a case against six accused under various sections and arrested them.