Their love bloomed with every Hi and Hello on the quiet lane outside their homes. They soon moved to Facebook, spending hours getting to know each other, growing closer. Then there were the phone calls, with bills running upto Rs 1,500 a month. And finally, on June 10, they got married.
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The Hyderabad home of computer engineer Avanti may be a world away from Hathras in UP roiled by a Dalit girls assault and murder allegedly by upper-caste men but that evening, the distance seemed to disappear.
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Two of Avantis uncles reached their house, called the couple out and forced them into a car before speeding away, according to police. On the way, while they switched cars, Avanti managed to escape and alert the police, who later found 28-year-old Hemanth Kumars body about 20 km away from the house he had been strangled to death.
In a sign that the leadership tussle in All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is to continue, the party failed to nominate a CM candidate for the upcoming 2021 Assembly elections in its executive meeting on Monday.
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Addressing reporters after the meet, AIADMK deputy coordinator KP Munusamy said party coordinator Panneerselvam and joint coordinator Palaniswami would together announce the CM candidate on October 7.
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