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Life term for Hyderabad man who murdered woman, attacked daughter
A Hyderabad court has sentenced Yeddu Sandeep Kumar to life imprisonment for murdering a woman and attempting to kill her daughter in Miyapur in December 2022. The XII Additional Court also imposed…
The Story in Brief
A Hyderabad court has sentenced Yeddu Sandeep Kumar to life imprisonment for murdering a woman and attempting to kill her daughter in Miyapur in December 2022. The XII Additional Court also imposed fines totalling Rs 25,000 on the 26-year-old from Guntur district.
Police said the accused had harassed the complainant, Vaibhavi, after their relationship ended in 2018 due to his suspicion over her character. Her family moved to Hyderabad to escape him. On December 13, 2022, Kumar entered their home with a knife and attacked both women. The mother died the next day. Kumar attempted suicide and was arrested on December 23, 2022.
The Indian Opinion
This case is a grim reminder that stalking, when ignored or met only with family intervention, can escalate to murder. The narrative that love turns violent only due to 'character suspicion' lets a possessive killer off the moral hook. The court rightly imposed a life term but did it address the systemic failure to protect the complainant before the attack? The real test will be if police now treat every stalking complaint as a potential homicide risk, not a personal matter.
Source: thehansindia.com
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