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A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has issued a diktat that a Dalit woman and her sister should be raped and paraded naked in their village as revenge for their brother’s action of eloping with a married girl from the Jat community.
Fearing for her life, the 23-year-old woman has moved the Supreme Court, seeking protection for herself and her family.
Petitioner Meena (name changed), a resident of a village in Baghpat district, alleged that under pressure from the girl’s family the local police foisted a false narcotics case against her brother. Even though a local court gave him bail, the family was too scared to go back to the village to arrange surety documents to secure his release.
A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police, which Meena has accused of being hand-in-glove with the dominant Jat community. The court has asked the state police to respond to Meena’s plea for a CBI probe into the incident.
Meena’s advocate Vivek Singh told HT: “On July 30, the Jat community held a khap panchayat and decided to avenge the dishonour. The petitioner has been condemned to be raped and paraded naked after blackening their faces only because her brother fell in love and eloped with her friend. The family can never return.”
Rape the sister, says UP khap panchayat for brother's action
Fearing for her life, the 23-year-old woman has moved the Supreme Court, seeking protection for herself and her family.
Petitioner Meena (name changed), a resident of a village in Baghpat district, alleged that under pressure from the girl’s family the local police foisted a false narcotics case against her brother. Even though a local court gave him bail, the family was too scared to go back to the village to arrange surety documents to secure his release.
A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police, which Meena has accused of being hand-in-glove with the dominant Jat community. The court has asked the state police to respond to Meena’s plea for a CBI probe into the incident.
Meena’s advocate Vivek Singh told HT: “On July 30, the Jat community held a khap panchayat and decided to avenge the dishonour. The petitioner has been condemned to be raped and paraded naked after blackening their faces only because her brother fell in love and eloped with her friend. The family can never return.”
Rape the sister, says UP khap panchayat for brother's action
