Dowry case against HRD Minister Arjun Singh via Rediffmail.com
Though I have always disliked him but this just gives me another reason.
Though I have always disliked him but this just gives me another reason.
Less than 200 kilometers from the Capital of India, a scene of barbaric brutality, a mindless medieval mandate that has cost the lives of a young newly-wed couple.
Manoj and Babli got married on the May 18, not realising that their village panchayat would take strong objection to this.
The panchayat's logic was that both Manoj and Babli were of the same gotra and that, in the eyes of the panchayat, makes them brother and sister.
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Their bodies thrown into a canal, hands and legs tied up and were cremated by the police who declared them destitutes.
Finally, under pressure, they acted, arresting three people on charges of killing the couple but even then, the alleged killers show no remorse.
“Those who do wrong have to die. Law does not recognize this but society punishes such people,” said one of the accused.