UP: Woman raped by husband kin
A young girl was married against her wishes and then gangraped by three relatives in her husband’s house as punishment because her brother had eloped with her husband’s sister.
This shocking incident took place in Kamheda village in Muzaffarnagar district where a young boy eloped with a girl of the same village and the two got their marriage registered in court.
The girl’s family accused the boy of kidnapping their daughter and the matter was brought up before the community panchayat.
The panchayat members ruled that the boy’s family must give their daughter in marriage to the girl’s brother and also imposed a fine of `75,000 on the boy’s family.
The boy’s sister Najma (not her real name) was married off into the girl’s family as per the agreement but as few days later, she was gangraped by her husband’s two brothers and one brother-in-law. When she protested to her husband, he said that this was their way of taking revenge because her brother had lured away their sister. When Najma’s family informed the panchayat members of the incident they said that this was a case of family revenge and did not come in their jurisdiction. The village pradhan Muhammad Imran told reporters that the panchayat had merely organised the meeting between the families and it was the two family heads that had arrived at an amicable solution.
Meanwhile, Najma’s family has not lodged a complaint with the police and SSP Manjil Saini said that the matter was being investigated.
“The girl has been sent for medical examination and we are looking into the matter,” he said on Tuesday.
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