Girl tied to tree, thrashed by villagers for running away with boy from different caste
Nawada, Oct 05: In a horrific incident emerging from the state of Bihar, a girl was tied to a tree and flogged by villagers on the orders of a local panchayat. What is even more appalling is that the girl's parents were among those who stood in support of the village court's decision which deemed it fit for her to be assaulted mercilessly simply because she eloped with a boy who hails from a different village and caste.
A video of the incident which took place in the Rajauli village of Bihar's Nawada district has gone viral on social media. According to reports, the girl ran away with her boyfriend on September 30 and the couple was living in a nearby village until recently when her parents and other villagers caught hold of her and dragged her back to Rajauli against her own will.
A village panchayat set up upon her arrival then decided that she must be punished for eloping with a boy from a caste other than her own. The local court then announced her punishment. In a video of the assault, the girl can be seen tied to a tree and flogged mercilessly by men as villagers stand by in attendance. Regional media reported that the girl fainted multiple times during the assault but that did not deter the men from thrashing her.
In a statement she gave to the media, the girl said that she ran away with her boyfriend, a resident of Balia, on her own free will. However, her own father told a reporter that the punishment meted out to his daughter was justified because of the 'crime' committed by her. "We want her to get married to someone from our own caste and not outside of it," said the father.
Nawada: Girl was tied to a tree and thrashed for hours today on a Panchayat's diktat for eloping with a man on September 30. Father says, 'she was tied because she is a criminal. She wants to go with a man from another caste'. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/62tzrV2rtp
— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2018
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Drug supply module busted, four held with heroin
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Police on Sunday said it has busted a drug supply module linked to foreign-based smugglers after nabbing four people with drugs and a weapon.
The Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of the Amritsar Police recovered 4 kg of heroin, one pistol, five cartridges and Rs 3.90 lakh in cash from the men, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.
Police also impounded their two two-wheelers, which they were using to deliver the consignments.
Yuvraj Singh, Varinder Singh, Jagroop Singh and Jugraj Singh from Amritsar have been arrested.
Yadav said police teams from CI Amritsar received reliable inputs that Yuvraj and Varinder, associates of Lakhwinder Singh alias Baba Lakha, a handler based abroad, had retrieved a heroin consignment from Ajnala sector and were expected to deliver it to suspect Jagroop Singh near gurdwara Morcha Sahib in Amritsar.
Police teams laid a trap and arrested the three men after recovering a drug consignment and pistol from their possession, he said.
During questioning, Jagroop allegedly revealed that he has been working on the directions of one Daya Singh alias Preet Sekhon, who is presently lodged at Central Jail at Sri Muktsar Sahib, and the latter directed him to receive the heroin consignment from near Gurdwara Morcha Sahib.
Yuvraj and Varinder allegedly told police about one more associate identified as Jugraj Singh, who was also apprehended from Amritsar city and Rs 3.90 lakh of "drug money" was recovered from his possession. Further investigations are ongoing, the DGP added.
A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act has been registered in Amritsar.
