Another honour killing: Man kills daughter in Haryana (India)

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Another honour killing: Man kills daughter
Bhaskar Mukherjee, TNN Jun 13, 2011, 08.09am IST

HISARINDIA)
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father and brothers, who suspected her character, in Umra village of Hansi sub-division of Hisar district on Saturday night, adding one more to the count of 'honour' killings in Haryana.

Youngest of three siblings borne to Rameshwar Singh, a farmer, Ritu had just passed the class X examinations and had left the studies. Her parents had forced her to discontinue further education, police said.

Rameshwar Singh, sons Sunil alias Fauji and Rajesh and their uncle Jaidev Singh, later quietly cremated Ritu at the cremation ground near the village late Saturday night.


The incident became known when Ajit Singh, next-door neighbour of Rameshwar Singh, informed police control room (PCR) after hearing screams of the victim girl, who was mercilessly thrashed by the four in the

open courtyard of their house.

"I was about to sleep in the open terrace of my house, when I heard Ritu's screams. All four of them were mercilessly beating her with sticks and other things. The family members, specially women, were very much in the house when the incident took place,'' Ajit Singh told policemen.

Sources said that other members of Rameshwar's family remained mute spectators to the incident which went on for about one hour. Acting on the statement of Ajit Singh, police have booked Rameshwar, Sunil,

Rajesh and Jaidev in a case registered under 302 (murder), 201 (destroying the

evidence) and 34 (crime committed by more than one person) at Sadar police station of Hansi

sub-division.

Police were also in the process of roping in the caretaker of cremation ground to ascertain that the body cremated by Rameshwar and his family members was that of Ritu. "Investigations are on

and it is too early to comment. We have recorded the supplementary statement of the complainant,

the only eye witness on record.

We are also trying to ascertain whether she was having affair with somebody. Some villagemen, supporting Rameshwar, also came to the police station,'' inspector Kailash Sharma said.

Another honour killing: Man kills daughter - Times Of India

 

[gubbi]

Tribal mentality!! That whole belt across parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India display this caveman tribal mentality.

 

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Tribal mentality!! That whole belt across parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India display this caveman tribal mentality.

gubbi does New Delhi falls into tribal mentality too???

 

[AvidSpice]

gubbi does New Delhi falls into tribal mentality too???

Umm..New Delhi is the rape capital! You can understand the rest.

 

[gubbi]

gubbi does New Delhi falls into tribal mentality too???

Ha, you are drawing me into a flame war with my compatriots!! Your guile will not work on me pretty lady!!

But to answer your question, I would guess not. Its comparatively more civilized than regions in Haryana, Rajasthan, rural Punjab and parts of western UP.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father and brothers, who suspected her character, in Umra village of Hansi sub-division of Hisar district on Saturday night, adding one more to the count of 'honour' killings in Haryana.

These things are often presided over and condoned by the local Khaps and kangaroo courts . GOI should appoint a central investigative body to look into these wrong -doings . Also media should play a big role in highlighting these attrocities.

 

[Green Bullet]

What a sad incident, may she rest in peace. Humans are so cruel to one another and lack the compassion to help one another. This is not seen just in India but through out the world, crimes against innocent women must stop.

 

[alphamale]

sad incident, father of the girl should be hanged.

P.S- this thread was on the cards after someone posted some other thread.

 

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Ha, you are drawing me into a flame war with my compatriots!! Your guile will not work on me pretty lady!!

But to answer your question, I would guess not. Its comparatively more civilized than regions in Haryana, Rajasthan, rural Punjab and parts of western UP.

I dont want a flame war i am just smiling over hypocrisy of Indians over honour killing. when such incidents come to light we heard and read Indians saying on these are happening within communities of Punjabis, then they opted for saying harayanwis and so on. oh btw earlier they only used to pick on Muslims in India and used to avoid accepting that it is happening in India

gubbi this is time you guys should start realising and should not come up with face saving .

we had been having this issue of honour killing for too long but hates off to our media and civil society we had been taking it up and exposing our culprits and snubbing our govt and now everyone is so much aware that such incidents here will make a big stir

 

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sad incident, father of the girl should be hanged.

P.S- this thread was on the cards after someone posted some other thread.

the someone from your country are infact using coloured glasses,

 

[gubbi]

I dont want a flame war i am just smiling over hypocrisy of Indians over honour killing. when such incidents come to light we heard and read Indians saying on these are happening within communities of Punjabis, then they opted for saying harayanwis and so on. oh btw earlier they only used to pick on Muslims in India and used to avoid accepting that it is happening in India

Not quite correct. Many of my compatriots openly accept the problems facing Indian society, honor killing, dowry, caste system being among them. We do NOT hide nor is there any attempt to sweep such under the carpet. Neither does our media allow us to forget such things. The fact that we are openly discussing these incidents reported by Indian Media is testament to the media's role in exposing such drawbacks.

Honor killing is a shame. It has nothing to do with religion. Its a tribal mindset.

 

[mastaan]

I dont want a flame war i am just smiling over hypocrisy of Indians over honour killing. when such incidents come to light we heard and read Indians saying on these are happening within communities of Punjabis, then they opted for saying harayanwis and so on. oh btw earlier they only used to pick on Muslims in India and used to avoid accepting that it is happening in India

gubbi this is time you guys should start realising and should not come up with face saving .

we had been having this issue of honour killing for too long but hates off to our media and civil society we had been taking it up and exposing our culprits and snubbing our govt and now everyone is so much aware that such incidents here will make a big stir

Kudos Ma'am... You will fit in as a kick- reporter in India also. But we should refrain from becoming the argument person and the judge at the same time, just like the editor of TimesNow trying to get a date on Afzal Guru's hanging on a live tv debate is unfair, paiting that 'indians' are hypocrite is equally unfortunate and misplaced... Ek paint brush liya, aur kar do sab kuch paint ek hi color mein... you so conveniently generalized that 'Indians' are hypocrites over honor killings... If 'all' Indians were like that, I am sure South Asia would have been a much more volatile place to live in...

No doubt, Khap panchayats (a cluster of villages comine to form a khap - a large group of people) have become a menace in the Indian society (essentially norther states of Haryana, Rajasthan and parts of Western UP) as they take the law in their own hand. Given the strong rural base support (and thus very high numbers) of these panchayats, the state governments $hit in their pants to touch the sarpanches of such self proclaimed organizations... However, what many don't know is that these forums did serve another purpose as a community based conflict resolution mechanism post independence and helped indian courts avoid a lot of legal battles. But now they have taken the shape of executors and that is where our India polity failed to draw the line...

I don't think we can side track these issues that our society is facing... Press in India is hyperactive (and rightly so on these cases specially) and they have brought out a whole lot of dirt in the last few years and that is leading to a public outcry against these morons... But, given the entrenched social organization in these parts of the country, it will take significat time (specially in states like Haryana and Rajasthan) and political will to weed this crap out, which one does finds present intermittently only... With the involvement of Supreme Court and increasing public pressure, I am sure such instances will die down, but that does not take anything away from the fact that this is an embarrasing and inhuman problem and can not be resolved in a matter of months...

 

[alphamale]

the someone from your country are infact using coloured glasses,

i agree that some members are like that but u are also one of them

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Ha, you are drawing me into a flame war with my compatriots!! Your guile will not work on me pretty lady!!

But to answer your question, I would guess not. Its comparatively more civilized than regions in Haryana, Rajasthan, rural Punjab and parts of western UP.

Law & Order in Punjab is miles ahead compared to other northern states. Honor killings do happen in Punjab but they are without approval of Panchayat.

 

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Law & Order in Punjab is miles ahead compared to other northern states. Honor killings do happen in Punjab but they are without approval of Panchayat.

my only point is that why first they said its among sikhs/punjabis then they link it to faiths and at the end to some specific area. there had been such killings in New Delhi too where there are hardly panchayats