Trial in Neha Hiremath murder case begins in Hubballi court

HUBBALLI: The trial in the Neha Hiremath murder case began at the first additional district and sessions court here on Saturday about one-and-half years after the incident. The court will regularly hear the case henceforth.

On April 14, 2024, Neha Hiremath was brutally stabbed to death by Fayaz on the BVB College campus. Fayaz has since been lodged in the Dharwad jail. In August this year, the first additional district and sessions court had rejected Fayaz’s bail plea.

Since the Anjali murder in Hubballi was carried out on the lines of the Neha Hiremath murder, the prosecution is expected to seek death penalty for the accused. Neha Hiremath was the daughter of former Congress corporator Niranjan Hiremath.

The prosecution has lined up over 80 witnesses in the case. Neha Hiremath, a student of BVB College, was murdered by Fayaz, a former classmate, on April 14, 2024 as she rejected his advances. Fayaz had stabbed 27 times, leading to her death, on the college campus.