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man from the marginalized

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community, who had married a woman outside his caste. Kumar was murdered on 14 September 2018 in

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, in front of his 23-year old wife, Amrutha Varshini, who was five months pregnant. The killer reportedly had a contract for (), paid for by Varshini's father and uncle. Thousands attended Kumar's funeral following his murder. A justice website was created, and a

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was announced with support from the members of the

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