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UP father drowns pregnant daughter in honour killing, arrested
A 17-year-old girl was beaten to death with a wooden cattle peg by her father in UP's Bhadohi district after she intervened in a family scuffle over the sale of cow dung…
The Story in Brief
A 17-year-old girl was beaten to death with a wooden cattle peg by her father in UP's Bhadohi district after she intervened in a family scuffle over the sale of cow dung cakes, India Today reports. The accused, Rajesh Yadav, has been arrested. Separately, an 18-year-old woman, Khushi, was allegedly drowned by her father Lakhpat Singh Baghel in Agra's Chambal River because she was four months pregnant outside marriage. Baghel and a relative were arrested. Police say he feared social stigma and planned to stage it as a suicide. The body has not been recovered.
The Indian Opinion
The two deaths are being packaged as separate tragedies: one a ‘dowry dispute,’ the other an ‘honour killing.’ But both share a common thread: women killed by male relatives for violating patriarchal codes. The law has no tolerance for either, yet convictions remain rare. Watch whether the police file a chargesheet within 60 days in the drowning case. That will reveal if the system treats honour killings with the seriousness the Supreme Court has demanded.
Sources (2): indiatoday.in, livemint.com
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