The Miryalaguda honour killing refers to the murder of Pranay Kumar, a 23-year-old Indian man from the marginalized Dalit community, who had married a woman outside his caste.
Kumar was murdered on 14 September 2018 in Miryalaguda, Telangana, India, in front of his 23-year old wife, Amrutha Varshini, who was five months pregnant.
[9] Maruthi Rao was found dead in his room at the Arya Vysya Bhavan in Khairatabad on the morning of 8 March 2020.
[17] A justice website was created, and a candlelight vigil was announced with support from the members of the Telugu film industry.
[24] Amrutha blames casteism for her husband's death and says that "separate fast track courts" must be made to prosecute murders committed because of the victim's caste.