An adult girl Aanchal, marrying her boyfriend Saksham’s corpse in a village in Nanded, Maharashtra, has shocked the conscience of all right-thinking people. It has raised concerns about honour killings that are taking place in the name of caste and religion. In my 9 pm show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’, we showed videos of Aanchal Mamidwar going to the home of her slain lover Saksham Tate, where preparations were going on for his final rites. A sobbing Aanchal put vermillion (sindoor) on her forehead, put turmeric (haldi) on her lover’s body and declared that she would see to it that her father, Gajanan Mamidwar, and her brother should be hanged for this murder.
