Last Days
At her father's house, Priyanka Todi spoke to Rahman for the last time on September 11. On the September 15, Rahman tried calling Priyanka but was refused permission to speak to her by her parents. On September 18, a witness to their marriage was threatened with arrest by the police for "forcing Priyanka into marriage".
On September 19, Priyanka, still not sent back, Rahman filed a case with an NGO, documenting police harassment. According to his diary and conversations with close friends, he was also planning further legal moves to get his wife back.
Rahman died in the afternoon of September 21, about 2 weeks after his wife was forcefully separated from him. His body was found lying beside a railway line, with hands folded over his chest and a deep wound on the back of his head.
After his death, Priyanka met a state Women's Commission delegation and told them that: "There was no police pressure on me" and that "no police officer ill-treated me".
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