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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
