Boyfriend's angry after Indian men who raped and beheaded his girlfriend are freed on bail

The boyfriend of a woman who was drugged, raped and beheaded before her body was found hung upside down in a forest, has reportedly blasted the Indian legal system as a ‘total farce’ as those accused of her murder continue to roam free.

Andrew Jordan, from Dublin, travelled to India for the case on Thursday but was said to be left horrified when the two men, suspected of murdering his partner Liga Skromane, failed to show up to court. 

Umesh and Udayan - known only by their first names - were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and rape last May, but were released on bail until a trial date could be set.

Speaking to Mirror Online, Andrew, 42, said: ‘Why are they out on bail in the first place? If they are guilty then they are a clear danger to other women.

‘If those guys did what they are accused of doing to Liga then they are animals and they should not be allowed to roam the streets.’

Latvian-born Liga, who lived in Ireland with her partner, was seeking treatment for PTSD with her sister at a wellness retreat in Kerala when she disappeared on March 14 last year.

The 33-year-old's headless, decomposing body was found almost 40 days later near a mangrove forest in Thiruvallam on April 21.