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Gopi

No Photo Name: Gopi.
Died: December, 22, 2020.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired after accident.

Details:
Gopi had become disabled after an accident, and his father was frustrated that he had to care for him. Gopi’s father came home drunk one day, killed his son with a machete, dumped the body in an unused septic tank, and fled.

Case Status:
Thangavel (Father), convicted of murder and concealing/destroying evidence; sentenced to life.

Sources:
Man gets life imprisonment for killing son in Tiruchi
55-year-old man gets life for killing disabled son
Murder of differently-abled son: Father gets life sentence; Trichy Court Judgment

12-year-old girl

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: October 17, 2020.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Decapitation.
Location: Moti Bhakhar, Dantiwada tehsil, Gujarat, India.
Disability: Deaf.

Details:
This twelve-year-old girl was raped and murdered by her cousin.

Case status:
Nitin Mali (Cousin), convicted of murder, sentenced to death.

Source:
Guj: Man sentenced to death for rape and murder of 11-year-old, deaf-mute cousin
Disabled girl, 12, raped and beheaded ‘by her cousin’ in latest horrific murder to rock India
12-year-old differently-abled girl raped, beheaded by cousin in Gujarat’s Banaskantha
Disabled girl raped & BEHEADED ‘by her cousin’ in latest murder to rock India
12-Year-Old Deaf Girl Raped & Beheaded in Gujarat

Mahalakshmi

No Photo Name: Mahalakshmi.
Died: October 17, 2020.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: Chatrapatti, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Paralysis, unspecified; nonspeaking/mobility impaired.

Details:
Mahalakshmi’s father allegedly smothered her because having to take care of her made it difficult for him and his wife to go to work.

Case status:
V Paalanikumar (Father), charged with murder.

Source:
TN man murders disabled daughter
Tamil Nadu: Man kills disabled daughter, 7

Shanthi

No Photo Name: Shanthi.
Died: September 2, 2020.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Shanthi’s father allegedly poisoned her and himself. Neighbors heard Shanthi screaming and rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late and she died. Police said he was worried about providing for her.

Case status:
Chellaiya (Father), deceased. Ruled murder-suicide.

Source:
Pudukkottai man poisons intellectually disabled daughter, kills himself later

Abhijit Rajak

No Photo Name: Abhijit Rajak.
Died: September 1, 2020.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Abhijeet’s uncle and sister-in-law allegedly murdered him by beating him to death with a shovel. Police say they tried to make it look like someone had robbed the family and killed Abhijeet by throwing two of the family’s bicycles into a pond; but some days later, a neighbor hooked a bicycle on their fishhook and revealed the fraud.

Case status:
Chandan Rajak (Uncle), charged with murder, voluntarily causing hurt for robbery, and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Priyanka Rajak (Sister-in-law), charged with murder, voluntarily causing hurt for robbery, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Source:
Murder arrests from within family
Kin held for murder of 30-year-old in Kolkata’s Topsia

Deepak Kumar

No Photo Name: Deepak Kumar.
Died: June 18, 2020.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Tohana, Haryana, India.
Disability: Wheelchair user.

Details:
When Deepak’s mother transferred ownership of a house to him, his brother became angry. He threatened to kill Deepak unless Deepak gave him the house. Several days later, he stabbed and killed his brother and threw his head in a nearby canal. During his trial, a horrified court described the crime as “extreme, grotesque, and heinous,” one of the rarest of the rare crimes that deserve the death penalty.

Case Status:
Ashok Kumar (Brother), convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Sources:
Haryana Man Who Carried Disabled Brother’s Severed Head In A Bag Sentenced To Death
Extreme, grotesque: Court in death sentence to Haryana man who stabbed disabled brother 28 times for property
Haryana court sentences man to death for murder of disabled brother
Man given death penalty for killing disabled younger brother

Umesh Balagi

Name: Umesh Balagi.
Died: May 18, 2020 (News story published).
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Bludgeoned.
Location: Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Umesh’s brother allegedly gathered a group of men, ambushed him as he rode his three-wheeled scooter to go shopping, and bludgeoned him to death. The motive was a dispute over property. The killer also chased Umesh’s wife, who witnessed the attack; she escaped unhurt.

Case status:
Channabasappa Balagi (Brother) and several accomplices, charged with murder.

Source:
Man bludgeons brother suffering with disability; murder over property caught on camera

Gulshan Ali

No Photo Name: Gulshan Ali.
Died: May 17, 2020 (Body found May 21).
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Gulshan’s brother gathered some friends, and together they allegedly raped and strangled her. Police say he confessed to the crime, saying he felt she was a burden because she was incontinent and could not do household chores.

Case status:
Zishan Ali (Brother), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Sajid Ali, arrested on suspicion of murder.
Amjad Ali, arrested on suspicion of murder.
Wajid Ali, arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Brother with three of his friends gang raped and murdered a 10 year old disabled girl
Shocking! Mentally Disabled Minor Gangraped, Strangulated to Death by Brother, 3 Friends
Jaipur: Man gangrapes, murders mentally challenged 10-year-old sister with his 3 friends
भाई ने 3 दोस्तों के साथ मिलकर 10 साल की बहन का गैंगरेप किया, फिर मार डाला; चारों आरोपी गिरफ्तार
Disgusting Jaipur Gangrape – Zishan Ali, friends rape his sister – Drishtikone

8-year-old girl

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: May 7, 2020.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Internal bleeding due to blunt force injury.
Location: Delhi, India.
Disability: Blind.

Details:
This 8-year-old girl was staying with caregivers when a neighbor called police, saying that her caregivers often beat the girl, and that they had heard her crying over the phone, promising to work harder on her schoolwork. The girl was found unconscious in the home, brought to the hospital, and declared dead on arrival. Her caregivers were arrested.

Case Status:
Khaleed Mohd (Caregiver, relative), charged with murder.
Reena Mohd (Caregiver), charged with murder.

Sources:
Blind couple beats 8-year-old blind girl to death; court frames murder charges – The Kashmir Monitor
Delhi: Court frames murder charges against couple for ‘beating minor blind girl to death’
Blind Couple Charged By Delhi Court For Beating 8-Year-Old Blind Girl To Death – Sentinelassam

Uthra

Name: Uthra (alternate spelling Uttara).
Died: May 7, 2020.
Age at death: 25.
Cause of death: Snakebite.
Location: Anchal, Kollam, Kerala, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Uthra’s husband, having married her for the dowry, decided to kill her. He bought a viper from a snake catcher and induced it to bite his wife. She survived the bite, though she had to spend 52 days in bed and get plastic surgery. Not long after she returned from the hospital, Uthra’s husband bought a second snake, this time a cobra. He gave her sedatives to make her sleepy, and while she was asleep, he made the snake bite Uthra, who died the next day. Police say Uthra’s in-laws were involved in planning the attacks and covering up for Uthra’s husband.

Uthra was the mother of a one-year-old son.

Case Status:
Sooraj S. Kumar (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life plus 17 years.
Renuka and Surya (Sooraj’s mother and sister), charged with conspiracy, domestic violence, and destruction of evidence.
Surendran Panicker (Father-in-law), charged with destroying evidence.
Chavarukavu Suresh Kumar (Snake catcher), unspecified charges, serving as witness.

Sources:
Uthra Case : 27 Circumstances Which Proved Murder Using Live Cobra
Man who used a cobra to murder his wife is jailed for life
Uttara Snakebite Murder: Suraj Gets 17 Years Plus Two Life Terms
Snake-bite Murder : Court Finds Suraj Guilty Of Killing Wife Uttara; Quantum Sentencing on Wednesday
Kerala snakebite murder
‘He killed his wife because I gave the cobra’: Snake-catcher breaks down in Kerala court
Uthra’s relatives depose in snakebite murder case