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Dalit family fined for inter-caste marriage PANITYANKI, Aug 10: Locals in Chhitaha VDC-5 of Sunsari district have fined a Dalit family Rs 55,000 for marrying a girl from the non-Dalit community. Local administration, through a meeting of the villagers called by Bhola Pal, who is from the so called upper caste family, slapped the fine on the family of Ram Prasad Ram after his 18-year-old son Badri Ram married 16-year-old Sonu Pal, according to a local Dalit activist Bal Kumar Mundel. He said the duo was in love for long and married a month ago and is living separately from the family. The girl’s side searched them and forcefully separated the pair saying that the marriage was against the law. Later, Pal called a villagers’ meeting which decided to fine the family. Police said they are unaware of the incident. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
