NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh police has come under fire for its "insensitive" handling of the Aarushi murder case. While union minister Renuka Chowdhury has asked her officials to investigate whether the cops violated laws meant for the protection of minors by their public disclosure of an alleged liaison between the child and family servant Hemraj, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has also objected to the stigmatisation of the minor.
Speaking to TOI , Chowdhury, who holds the charge of woman and child development, said, "I have asked ministry officials to look into the legal violations by the police in the Arushi murder case."
On Friday, the UP police insinuated that the 14-year-old girl fell victim to an "honour killing" after her father Rajesh Talwar — now the prime accused — found Aarushi and Hemraj in an "objectionable position". Both Brij Lal, ADG, Special Task Force, and Gurdarshan Singh, IGP (Meerut zone), had suggested that this was the immediate provocation for the murders.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Man Kills Daughter for Marrying Against His Wishes
VADODARA: In yet another case of honour killing, a retired army jawan has allegedly hacked his 20-year-old daughter to death for marrying against his wishes.
Dhairvirsinh Bhedoriya was unhappy over the marriage of his daughter Vandana six months ago to a man of her choice. He had fixed her marriage with some body else.
The incident occurred in the jawan's house in GIDC area of Makarpura in the outskirt of the city on Monday, police said.
Bhadoriya telephoned Vandana to come to his house in GIDC area for the collection of a cheque. When Vandana reached her father's house, Bhadoriya tried to kill her by firing three rounds from a revolver.
When a youth staying in the locality came to her rescue, Bhadoriya took Vandana inside the house and allegedly killed her with an axe.
The youth alleged that Vandana's mother and sister also helped Bhadoniya in killing her.
Kusumben Bhadoriya, wife of the jawan, said their daughter marrying a Marathi youth was not approved by her husband and other family members because their caste did not permit such wedlock.
Bhadoriya claimed that he was drunk at the time of the incident.
The incident comes close on the heels of a girl and her lover being killed by family members in a village in Karnal in Haryana.
Source: Times of India
Dhairvirsinh Bhedoriya was unhappy over the marriage of his daughter Vandana six months ago to a man of her choice. He had fixed her marriage with some body else.
The incident occurred in the jawan's house in GIDC area of Makarpura in the outskirt of the city on Monday, police said.
Bhadoriya telephoned Vandana to come to his house in GIDC area for the collection of a cheque. When Vandana reached her father's house, Bhadoriya tried to kill her by firing three rounds from a revolver.
When a youth staying in the locality came to her rescue, Bhadoriya took Vandana inside the house and allegedly killed her with an axe.
The youth alleged that Vandana's mother and sister also helped Bhadoniya in killing her.
Kusumben Bhadoriya, wife of the jawan, said their daughter marrying a Marathi youth was not approved by her husband and other family members because their caste did not permit such wedlock.
Bhadoriya claimed that he was drunk at the time of the incident.
The incident comes close on the heels of a girl and her lover being killed by family members in a village in Karnal in Haryana.
Source: Times of India
Friday, May 9, 2008
Honour killing in Haryana: Pregnant wife, husband killed by family
Karnal (Haryana):A family in a village in Karnal district of Haryana is being interrogated by the police for strangulating a young couple, including a pregnant woman, in love to punish them for staying together.
Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered in Ballah village, about 35 km from here. The woman's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.
Emboldened after committing the murder, the family even took the barbaric step of throwing the bodies of the couple outside their house to send a clear message to other villagers that going against wishes of the community and family would not be tolerated.
In what is being seen by the police and district authorities as an outright honour killing, Sunita's relatives and father Om Prakash, who belongs to the dominant Jat community, first kidnapped the couple from Machhroli village near Panipat and killed them in Ballah village Friday.
Police officials said the main provocation for the killing was that Sunita's family had come to know that she was pregnant.
A.S. Chawla, the Karnal district police chief, said a case of murder and conspiracy had been registered against Om Prakash and 28 others. He said that some suspects had been rounded up in this connection.
The woman's family remained unrepentant even after the incident. Sunita's mother Roshni Devi backed the action of her husband and others in killing the couple, saying that the family had 'saved its reputation'.
Locals admitted that some villagers in Ballah had hailed and even applauded the killings Friday morning.
The police are likely to question them all.
Honour killings are not uncommon in Haryana, especially in areas dominated by the Jat community.
Last year, the bodies of another young couple, Manoj and Babli, were recovered from a canal in Kaithal district after they were murdered and thrown into the canal by the woman's relatives.
The state's illegal 'khap' (community) panchayats have also been doling out extra-judicial rulings to couples for getting married by violating social norms.
Source: Sulekha News
Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered in Ballah village, about 35 km from here. The woman's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.
Emboldened after committing the murder, the family even took the barbaric step of throwing the bodies of the couple outside their house to send a clear message to other villagers that going against wishes of the community and family would not be tolerated.
In what is being seen by the police and district authorities as an outright honour killing, Sunita's relatives and father Om Prakash, who belongs to the dominant Jat community, first kidnapped the couple from Machhroli village near Panipat and killed them in Ballah village Friday.
Police officials said the main provocation for the killing was that Sunita's family had come to know that she was pregnant.
A.S. Chawla, the Karnal district police chief, said a case of murder and conspiracy had been registered against Om Prakash and 28 others. He said that some suspects had been rounded up in this connection.
The woman's family remained unrepentant even after the incident. Sunita's mother Roshni Devi backed the action of her husband and others in killing the couple, saying that the family had 'saved its reputation'.
Locals admitted that some villagers in Ballah had hailed and even applauded the killings Friday morning.
The police are likely to question them all.
Honour killings are not uncommon in Haryana, especially in areas dominated by the Jat community.
Last year, the bodies of another young couple, Manoj and Babli, were recovered from a canal in Kaithal district after they were murdered and thrown into the canal by the woman's relatives.
The state's illegal 'khap' (community) panchayats have also been doling out extra-judicial rulings to couples for getting married by violating social norms.
Source: Sulekha News
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