Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS/HB)
Udupi, Sep 4: A press conference was held on Saturday September 4, by the family members of Sowmyashree, who was recently stabbed to death by her lover Sandesh near Santhekatte petrol pump in the city.
Throwing light on the subject, Nikshitha, sister-in-law of deceased Sowmyashree said, “Our family members visited the house of Sandesh five to six times and asked his family to get him married to Sowmyashree. But they and Sandesh postponed the marriage for one or the other reason. His family members never showed interest in the marriage. Sowmyashree went through enormous mental torture inflicted by Sandesh.
“He used to harass Sowmyashree every day and call her every now and then. He used to say that Sowmyashree has to marry him only. Sowmyashree’s father also requested Sandesh to marry her soon. He urged him to get their marriage registered. But he did not agree. Sowmyashree also requested Sandesh repeatedly to get married. Sandesh used to say that he will marry after two years. He did not marry till the end.
“Unable to bear the mental torture inflicted on her by Sandesh, Sowmyashree had told her parents that she will not get married to Sandesh at all. She also said that she is unable to bear the mental torture given by Sandesh. Sowmyashree said that she will marry any other boy. Within a few days of this turn of events, Sowmyashree’s father suffered a heart attack. After getting medical treatment in the hospital for a week, Susheela, mother of Sowmyashree told her to get married soon and that is the last wish of her father. In addition, the doctors also advised her to take care of her father.
“Sandesh used to go to Sowmyashree’s place of work before she got engaged. Though we requested Sandesh’s elder brother to correct him, he did not heed to our advice. At last, we registered a case against him at the women’s police station. Then Sowmyashree got engaged and she was happy.
“This incident and the relation between Sowmyashree and Sandesh is shown to the public in a very wrong manner on social media. She did not meet him for the last three months. If she had to meet, she used to go along with her father. Was it Sowmyashree’s fault that she waited for five years for Sandesh to get married to her? She went through mental torture for a long time. Sowmyashree agreed to marry some other boy in order to make her family members happy. There is not an ounce of fault on the part of Sowmyashree in this incident.
“Sowmyashree’s marriage was fixed for the next month. She had resigned her job over the same reason. On the fateful day, Sowmyashree was returning after receiving farewell from her colleagues at the bank where she used to work. Sowmyashree knew that Sandesh was a drug addict,” she said.
Susheela, mother of deceased Sowmyashree said, “My daughter Sowmyashree had called Sandesh and told him to either marry or forsake her as soon as possible. I had told her not to speak to Sandesh. He had said that he does not have the financial strength to get married to Sowmyashree. In order to keep her father happy, Sowmyashree had agreed to marry some other boy. But we did not have a clue that Sandesh would kill her.”
Sunil, elder brother of Sowmyashree said, “Sandesh was not a normal human being. He did not know how to behave with the girl with whom he had a relationship. He was just finding lame excuses to postpone the marriage. Now the incident has taken place. Even after this incident, the members of Sandesh’s family have not shown any concern. Though there was some issue on the caste, it was patched up later. If Sandesh had taken the matter seriously, he would have married and led a good family life. But destiny was different. Let Sowmyashree’s soul rest in peace.”
Somashekhar Bhandary, leaders of the community and Ashok Kumar were present.