Malappuram, May 26 (PTI) A court here on Tuesday acquitted a man who had stabbed his daugther to death in 2018 in a suspected case of honour killing on the eve of her wedding, angered over her getting married to a Dalit youth.

The Manjeri Additional Sessions court ordered the acquittal of the accused Rajan, as the prime witnesses-- the victim's mother and brother, turned hostile.

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According to the prosecution, Rajan, a native of Poovathinkkandi at nearby Areekode, had murdered his daughter Athira(22) on her wedding eve, on March 22, 2018.

He had been critical of her love affair with Brijesh, a Dalit youth, who was in the Defence force.

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However, he agreed to the wedding after police intervened in the matter after Athira eloped with her lover.

The marriage was to be held at a temple in Areekode on March 23.

But Rajan came home drunk and picked up a quarrel with his daughter before stabbingher to death and also burnt all her wedding clothes.

Though Athira was rushed to the hospital, she succumbed to her injuries.

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