Overview
- Police say 35-year-old Manjunath barged into a mass wedding at Handrala in Koppal and struck his sister, Meenakshi, with an axe before guests intervened.
- Meenakshi, who is four months pregnant, was admitted to the district government hospital, where officials described her condition as stable.
- An attempt-to-murder case has been registered at Alavandi Police Station, and Koppal superintendent Ram L Arasiddi confirmed the arrest.
- Investigators link the assault to Meenakshi’s inter-caste marriage to Uday Kumar of the Valmiki community, which her Kuruba relatives had opposed.
- Relatives say they alerted police ahead of the couple’s visit seeking protection and now fear further threats if the accused is released.