Tuesday, July 20, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Girl pays with her life for marrying Dalit

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/82439/girl-pays-her-life-marrying.html

Sangeeta was strangled by her father and brother

Girl pays with her life for marrying Dalit

Sanjay Pandey, Lucknow, Jul 19, DH News Service:

A girl, who had married a dalit boy after a brief love affair,
allegedly became a victim of yet another honour killing in the western
Uttar Pradesh district of Bulandshahar, about 450 kilometres from
here.


According to reports, Sangeeta, a resident of Barmadpur village in
the district, who belonged to the 'Gujjar' community, was in love with
Ravindra Kataria, also from the same village.

The lovers had eloped and got married in February last, reports said
adding that the couple had been living in Noida's sector 62 where they
worked together.
When Sangeeta's family got to know about the wedding, they met the
couple and managed to persuade Sangeeta to return to her village on
the pretext of arranging her marriage with fanfare, police sources
said.

Evidences destroyed
An unsuspecting Sangeeta, who returned to Barmadpur village, was,
however, brutally strangled by her father and brother in their house a
few days back. According to the police, the family members burnt
Sangeeta's body in their field to destroy all evidence.
The incident came to light when Ravindra, who lost all contact with
his wife since July 12 last, lodged a complaint with the Noida police
suspecting foul play.

Acting on his complaint, the Noida police launched an investigation
and recovered the skeletal remains of the girl from the fields and
arrested four persons, including her brother and father. The accused
persons have confessed to the killing, police said.
Several couples have been killed in the past for either marrying
against the wishes of the family or outside their caste and community.

Growing incidents of honour killings in the northern Indian states of
UP and Haryana have evoked sharp reactions from the society forcing
the government to mull over tougher laws to deal with such killings.


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