Prabha Shares

Today after the high court judgment in Udumalaipet Shankar - Kausalya case, Honor killing is the talk of the town. Media is summarizing similar cases and people are so frustrated about caste fanaticism and the young couple who were murdered in the name of honor killing. I would like to place a point that even the friends who support or help these couples also get affected at times which also should be brought under the limelight. Here I am sharing a true story of a double murder case solved by my father based on my point. Around twenty years back, my father was serving as Inspector of Police. One morning when he was busy with the case files in the police station, a shepherd boy came running to the station. When enquired he said that he saw human bones in the hilly area where he took his herd for grazing. Immediately my father and his crew reached the spot and found a human skeleton with a few left out flesh meaning the body has been disposed of here a few days back. When the crew inten