New Delhi, Mar 15: A Dalit youth was clubbed to death allegedly by the father and uncle of an ‘upper caste’ girl who he was having an affair with, in Buddayapalli village of Khajipet Mandal, Kadapa district. The crime occurred in the intervening night of March 10-11. The alleged assailants have been arrested. Also Read - 'No Honour in Honour Killing': Telangana Couple Kill 20-Year-Old Pregnant Daughter in Sleep For Refusing Abortion

Nineteen-year-old Y Vijay Kumar, who was studying at the Sahitya Degree College, had been in love with an 18-year-old girl for the past two years. Police said the girl’s family stopped sending her to school after her relationship with the youth came to light. They later came to know that they had been meeting regularly, and that the youth was a Dalit whose mother works as a farm labourer. The girl’s father and uncle, rich farmers, reportedly warned the couple. They locked the girl in her room, and when she remained defiant, they allegedly decided to kill the man. On the night of March 10, the girl’s uncle, Sambasiva Reddy, told her that they would meet the man. When the man reached their house, they took him to the terrace and slapped him. However, he stuck to his stance that he wanted to marry the girl. He was allgedly hit on the head with a wooden club. The girl, who was present on the terrace, tried to save him, but was locked away in a room. Then the duo allegedly clubbed the youth to death. They later took his body and threw it on to railway tracks to make it look like suicide. Also Read - Hyderabad: Man Accused in Honour-Killing Case of Dalit Christian Son-in-law Commits Suicide

The police got a whiff of the conspiracy as they questioned the youth’s family and found out that he had been threatened by the girl’s father. They took the family into custody. The girl’s parents, Mahesh Reddy and Subaratna Reddy, and uncle Sambasiva Reddy confessed to the murder, police said. Also Read - Family Members Murder 25-year-old Woman Over Her 'Secret Marriage', 6 Arrested For 'Honour Killing'