we need to start a movement to have the right to choose own partners. it is a right assured in our constitution. we need to do some thing urgently to stop these killings in this country.
santhosh On 7/11/07, Ajay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/11/02hdline.htm><http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007071160811200.htm&date=2007/07/11/&prd=th&;> > *"Honour killing": victim's kin seek NCW , NHRC help > > * > > Special Correspondent > > http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/11/stories/2007071160811200.htm > > > NEW DELHI: Traumatised by the murder of their young son, Manoj, and the > social boycott for protesting against the "honour killing," an aggrieved > family from Karora village in Kaithal district of Haryana on Tuesday > approached the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the National Human > Rights Commission for help. > > The NCW has asked the District Superintendent of Police to look into the > matter and apprise the Commission of the action taken within four months. > > Manoj and Babli were killed on June 15 reportedly by close relatives of > the girl's family while they were on their way to Chandigarh after giving a > statement before the Sessions Court at Kaithal. The court ordered police > protection for the couple until they reached their destination but the > policemen dropped them off at a nearby village from where they boarded a > Haryana Roadways bus. However, shortly after, they were pulled down from the > bus, taken away in a car and done to death. When the police recovered their > bodies, they cremated them without informing anyone. > > Talking to reporters here, Manoj's sister Seema said the community was > against the two getting married as they were from the same caste and > 'gotra.' The two left the village without telling anyone on April 6. They > later married in a court. Fearing for Manoj's life, Seema and her widowed > mother went to lodge a missing person's complaint with the police. However, > despite repeated attempts and directions from the Punjab and Haryana High > Court and the Chief Minister, they failed. On the other hand, the girl's > family -- who are landowners -- lodged a complaint of kidnapping against > Manoj, saying that Babli was a minor. Seema and her mother were named as > accused. The local 'khap' (caste) panchayat pronounced an ex-parte decision > to socially boycott Manoj's family and said that anyone trying to interact > with them at any level would be fined Rs. 25,000. "We can't go to school and > we have to walk 30 km to buy basic things such as groceries. Apart from > this, we are threatened. The attitude of the police is equally bad," said > Seema. The police arrested Babli's family members and relatives but not > Ganga Raj, a Congress activist who pronounced the panchayat decision in the > absence of the sarpanch even though he was not a member, she added. > Condemning the killing of the couple, the All-India Democratic Women's > Association (AIDWA) has demanded protection for the family. "We also call > upon the State Government to intervene and provide relief to the family," > AIDWA general secretary Sudha Sundararaman said. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. > It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of human > personality." > - Dr BR Ambedkar > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
