'Begged My Brother To Spare His Life': Muslim Wife Of Hindu Man Killed In Hyderabad

She also expressed her discontent with the people who did not come forward to help when her husband was being beaten.

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New Delhi: After her husband was beaten to death with an iron rod on a busy road in Hyderabad in a suspected case of honour killing, Ashrin Sultana on Friday said that she begged her brother to spare Nagaraju's life but failed. Sultana’s brother Syed Mobin Ahmed has been identified as the main accused in the matter along with Mohammed Masood Ahmed.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Sultana said, “My brother was against my marriage. My husband told my brother earlier that he will become Muslim and will marry me. But my brother didn’t approve. Even before the marriage, my brother had beaten me because I wanted to marry him.”

Narrating the horrific incident, Sultana said that she initially did not know her brother was one of the attackers until she saw his face.

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“We were going home when my brother along with another person come on a motorcycle and pushed my husband (Nagaraju) & started beating him. In the beginning, I didn’t know it was my brother who was attacking him. They kept on beating him on his head, he was bleeding a lot. I sought help from people around me, but nobody came forward to help. I saw the face of my brother. I begged him to leave my husband and stop beating him, but he did not listen to me. Nagaraju was wearing his helmet, but due to the assault, it was damaged and so was his head,” ANI quoted her as saying.

She also expressed her discontent with the people who did not come forward to help when her husband was being beaten and said that “if they wanted, they could have helped but nobody did.”

“I begged the people around for help while my husband was being beaten, however, none of the passers-by came forward to help,” she added.

Meanwhile, Saroornagar police have arrested two relatives of Ashrin Sultana for their involvement in the murder of Billapuram Nagaraju.

The accused have been identified as Syed Mobin Ahmed, brother of Ashrin Sultana and Mohammed Masood Ahmed.

The ACP LB Nagar along with his team apprehended Syed Mobin and Masood Ahmed within hours and seized the iron rod and knife used to commit the crime.

Notably, the newly married couple was attacked with an iron rod while they were riding a bike, killing the man on the spot in Saroornagar area in Hyderabad on Wednesday night. According to police, the deceased man, identified as Billapuram Nagaraju and Syed Ashrin Sultana were collegemates. After their marriage in January this year, Sultana had changed her name to Pallavi.