This techie panchayat establishes a progressive mindset with the step they took to register a marriage through video conferencing. The Erumeli Panchayat office registered a marriage of a nurse who works in Malta after the couple secured an order from the Kerala High Court. The situation arrived since the bride,[Read More…]
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Aligarh: Panchayat tries to conceal minor’s gang-rape case with Rs 80,000 compensation deal
In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was raped by a group of men last week, and what more distressing about the matter is that instead of granting justice, Aligarh Panchayat proposed Rs 80,000 monetary deal from the accused to let them walk away free. According to the police, the[Read More…]
Man commits suicide to escape panchayat order to drink girl’s urine
A man in Rajouri district of Jammu division committed suicide to avoid a Panchayat diktat of drinking a girl’s urine as a punishment for allegedly raping her. Fazal Hussain also recorded an audio message disproving the allegations before committing suicide. The 25-year-old jumped into Samar Sar Lake at Targain village[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Another man lynched and killed in suspicion of murder
Soon after a beef trader, Asgar Ali was lynched near Bazartand area in Ramgarh district on Thursday, an angry mob in Dumka’s Jalve village mercilessly thrashed to death an alleged rape and murder accused identified as Mithun Hansda, 25. This is the third incident of mob violence in Jharkhand in[Read More…]
Bihar: Married woman and her lover tied to tree, beaten up on Panchayat orders
In a shocking case of humiliation, a 30-year-old married woman and her 27-year-old lover were tied to a tree and cruelly beaten up, allegedly on the orders of a village panchayat in Muzaffarpur in north Bihar. The panchayat at Gopinathpur village ordered to tie the lovebirds after they were caught[Read More…]
UP: Panchayat fines man Rs 2 lakh for instant Triple Talaq
Amidst the debate of triple talaq, a man has been fined for Rs 2 lakh by a panchayat in Sambhal for divorcing his wife by uttering ‘talaq’ three times in a row. He has also been asked to pay Rs 60,000 as mehr to his wife. The couple had been[Read More…]
Semi-paralyzed man dug a road for 3 years
Sashi G was an ordinary 59-year-old coconut climber, who is partially paralysed. Sashi was bed-ridden after a fall from a coconut tree 18 years ago in Thiruvananthapuram. Over the years, his right arm and leg were left paralysed and he could walk only slowly. His house was in the rural[Read More…]