In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old woman has been brutally gangraped
and forced out of the home by her in-laws with the consent of a village
panchayat in Uttar Pradesh.
The incident, which happened in Kamheda village of Muzaffarnagar, came to the fore when the victim mustered up the courage to file a police complaint against the accused on July 27.
The village panchayat reportedly forced the victim to marry Mohammad Shadab after her brother Mohammad Azeem had eloped with Shadab's sister Gulsida Bano on February 15. Azeem works as a civil contractor in Delhi.
Justification
The panchayat later justified the July 20 incident, saying "an eye for eye is the actual justice". The rapists - Shadab's family members - declared that it was their revenge.
A panchayat, which was convened around 10 days after Azeem eloped with Gulsida, demanded that the victim marry Shadab.
Besides this, it also asked her parents to pay Rs.75,000 as compensation to Gulsida's parents.
"I agreed to the panchayat's decision because I knew that there would be bloodbath in the village if I refused to marry him," the victim told police.
"My brothers-in-law Irshad and Shahzad raped me mercilessly the same day I married Shadab. It became a routine. My father-in-law claimed that he had agreed to my marriage since he wanted to take revenge this way. On March 26, they registered a case against my brother and police traced him and Gulsida. They were released after Gulsida confessed before the magistrate that she married him willingly," the victim alleged in her complaint.
The victim somehow managed to escape their clutches on July 21 early morning and filed a complaint with Muzaffarnagar police on July 27.
Senior superintendent of police Manzil Saini said: "The victim has met me. A case has been registered under Section 376 of the IPC. The accused would be arrested soon," said Saini.
The victim's elder brother alleged that the decision that led to the incident was taken under the active supervision of the panchayat.
"Police gave time to the accused to flee the village. The husband of the panchayat chief was also present when the fate of my sister was decided. He was very vocal and wanted the harshest punishment for us," he said.
Mohammad Imran - panchayat head Mehrit Jahan's husband - confirmed the decision of the panchayat to Mail Today. Imran claimed he had asked them to reach an amicable solution. "(But) she has approached the police. Now, I don't have anything to say."
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/24-year-old-woman-gangraped-panchayat-orders-gangrape-uttar-pradesh-revenge-by-in-laws/1/296827.html
The incident, which happened in Kamheda village of Muzaffarnagar, came to the fore when the victim mustered up the courage to file a police complaint against the accused on July 27.
The village panchayat reportedly forced the victim to marry Mohammad Shadab after her brother Mohammad Azeem had eloped with Shadab's sister Gulsida Bano on February 15. Azeem works as a civil contractor in Delhi.
Justification
The panchayat later justified the July 20 incident, saying "an eye for eye is the actual justice". The rapists - Shadab's family members - declared that it was their revenge.
A panchayat, which was convened around 10 days after Azeem eloped with Gulsida, demanded that the victim marry Shadab.
Besides this, it also asked her parents to pay Rs.75,000 as compensation to Gulsida's parents.
"I agreed to the panchayat's decision because I knew that there would be bloodbath in the village if I refused to marry him," the victim told police.
"My brothers-in-law Irshad and Shahzad raped me mercilessly the same day I married Shadab. It became a routine. My father-in-law claimed that he had agreed to my marriage since he wanted to take revenge this way. On March 26, they registered a case against my brother and police traced him and Gulsida. They were released after Gulsida confessed before the magistrate that she married him willingly," the victim alleged in her complaint.
The victim somehow managed to escape their clutches on July 21 early morning and filed a complaint with Muzaffarnagar police on July 27.
Senior superintendent of police Manzil Saini said: "The victim has met me. A case has been registered under Section 376 of the IPC. The accused would be arrested soon," said Saini.
The victim's elder brother alleged that the decision that led to the incident was taken under the active supervision of the panchayat.
"Police gave time to the accused to flee the village. The husband of the panchayat chief was also present when the fate of my sister was decided. He was very vocal and wanted the harshest punishment for us," he said.
Mohammad Imran - panchayat head Mehrit Jahan's husband - confirmed the decision of the panchayat to Mail Today. Imran claimed he had asked them to reach an amicable solution. "(But) she has approached the police. Now, I don't have anything to say."
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/24-year-old-woman-gangraped-panchayat-orders-gangrape-uttar-pradesh-revenge-by-in-laws/1/296827.html
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