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20-yr-old killed for marrying dalit
Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN, Jul 20, 2010, 04.30am IST
NOIDA: A 20-year-old Gujjar woman, working with a leading software
firm in Noida, was allegedly murdered by her parents and other family
members after she married a dalit colleague.
Noida police said the victim, Sanjeeda, had known Ravindra since 2006
when they were studying at a computer institute at Mayur Vihar in east
Delhi. While the girl is a native of Bulandshahr, the boy is
originally from Baghpat. Ravindra stays in Sector 66, while his father
is posted in Chandigarh. The girl was a resident of sector 8 and her
father is employed with a factory in Noida.
"The couple was seeing each other for over four years. When the girl's
parents began to look for a suitable match for her, the two secretly
married at Arya Samaj in Yamuna Bazar near Kashmere Gate on February
15. They even went for a registered marriage but did not inform their
family,'' said SSP (Gautambudh Nagar) A K Singh.
The police said Sanjeeda informed her parents that she had married
Ravindra on February 30 after a prospective groom came to their
residence to see her. "Her relevation shocked the family and they
approached a local panchayat at Vishanpura village,'' said a sector 58
police officer.
The panchayat called Ravindra's parents and it was decided that for
the time being, the couple would be separated. The girl, who had left
her parents house to live with her husband, was asked to return home.
But once she returned, her family began to torment her asking her to
forget about her marraiage to Ravindra. "Feeling trapped, Sanjeeda
escaped to Ravindra's residence on July 11. However, her parents went
to Ravindra's house in the evening and brought her back after
promising the couple that a formal ceremony will be held on July 18,''
said the SSP.
The girl's family allegedly took Sanjeeda to Vishanpura village at
Bulandshahr and murdered her between July 12 and 13. "They throttled
her to death and then set her body on fire. Not satisfied, they even
cut her to pieces using a plough,'' said the senior police officer.
The police said the murder would not have come to light had it not
been for Ravindra's efforts. When Sanjeeda's phone calls stopped
coming, Ravindra became worried and informed the police control room.
When nothing came out of it, he staged his own kidnapping. On July 18,
he called up his father in Chandigarh and said he had been kidnapped.
As Sanjeeda's family had already threatened him, the police reached
their house.
They arrested Sanjeeda's mother Ramvati, aunt Jagvati, cousin Manoj
and uncle Daya Ram, who confessed to the murder. Her father, Vir
Singh, is absconding. "We are looking into the role of several family
members. We will arrest the other accused soon,'' said SSP Singh.
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