Abandoned wife ordered to live with male neighbour in India
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NEW DELHI: A village council in northern India allegedly ordered a woman, whose husband ran off with their neighbour's wife, to live with the abandoned man or pay him compensation, police said Tuesday.
Police are investigating a complaint that Rajendra Meghwal asked the council in the desert state of Rajasthan for help after his wife and their two children disappeared with Kalulal Meghwal.
Kalulal's wife Mamta has told police that the council or “khap panchayat” ordered her to pay Rajendra 300,000 rupees ($4,775) in compensation for her husband's actions or move in with Rajendra.
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“The woman was not present in the khap meeting but she complained to us that she has been asked to pay money or live with Rajendra,” local police officer Sanjay Kumar told AFP.
It was unclear whether the woman was asked to live with him as his spouse or as his employee in the house.
Kumar said officers have started questioning council members in Bundi district after Mamta filed a harassment complaint with police.
Panchayats often comprise an unelected group of elders, who are seen as the social and moral arbiters of village life.
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Apr 22, 2015 07:27am
Despite this mockery of justice it is good to know that police and courts are still there and working.
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Apr 22, 2015 07:58am
Good tit for tat approach, both families will now be happy .
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Apr 22, 2015 08:38am
Now, this is classic, Karey Koi, Bharey Koi....
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Apr 22, 2015 08:45am
This is where women need to be treated differently in our societies !!!!! They should not be treated as a commodity !!!!!
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Apr 22, 2015 09:23am
What kind of justice is that forces a woman to comment adultery with another man. Why wife has to pay for the wrong doings of her husband.
Why it is always woman who is punished. This is happening in the largest democracy of the world. What a shame !
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Apr 22, 2015 11:11am
I am surprised that they just didn't burn the woman as per ancient custom of India , satti.
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Apr 22, 2015 11:27am
This is true India!
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Apr 22, 2015 11:35am
No rights for women in India. They are treated like cattles. Village councils or Panchayats should be banned. World is forwarding ahead and these panchayats are taking the peope back to stone age.
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Apr 22, 2015 11:50am
@rehan
if it was pakistan, she would have been stoned to death and there would be a huge suicide bomb explosion
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Apr 22, 2015 12:16pm
@dude , so dats what endians wanted to do to her
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Apr 22, 2015 12:54pm
other person should also pay as because of his wife other lady's husband ran away
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Apr 22, 2015 12:57pm
15 days man should serve lady, 15 days woman should serve. Both's crime is equal, if there is any crime.
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Apr 22, 2015 01:17pm
all i could say is .. WOW, such a twisted way to deliver justice!! no..please...
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Apr 22, 2015 01:29pm
@rehan - Hello..check your ancestors if someone is victim of Sati....
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Apr 22, 2015 01:41pm
While women's lives are not good all over India, the Central, Northern states (excluding HP, UK, Jammu-Ladakh), and eastern states lead in women hate. North east & South are relatively better off..
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Apr 22, 2015 02:29pm
India and Pakistan both have these problems, they both have massive poverty and issues with law and order issues with womens safety and many many poor the main difference I see is that a lot of Indians live in cukoo land with total denial about all the issues and keep telling themselves that they are living in an economic super power. In fact they even get offended if you compare India to Pakistan not realising how similar both countries actually are.
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Apr 22, 2015 02:48pm
Moderator: Either you kindly remove fake Harmony’s comment above or you post my comment below – it’s only fair. It seems Dawn has no control over people misusing another poster’s name. I will keep posting this until you do that or email me the reason why you can’t.
@harmony - Can't pluck the courage to show your true face, copy someone else...coward!!!
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Apr 22, 2015 03:40pm
@rehan Sati was a bad practice ,which Hindu leader through social reforms eliminated this practice almost 150 years ago.Status of women is still far better than in Muslim society of pakistan,where she is still raped ,sold,murdered rampantly in pajistan.Our women empowerment has been progressing with rapid pace and within a decade or so our women will have equal social standing as of Developed nations .
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Apr 22, 2015 04:20pm
A Pakistani woman-Mukhtar Mai who was gang-raped in 2002 as punishment because her younger brother supposedly had a relationship with someone inappropriate.
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Apr 22, 2015 06:43pm
@Harmony Until Dawn makes it compulsory to login using your email id , these things will happen, don't blame Dawn though , they have so many comments to moderate and can't remember everyone's email id.
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Apr 22, 2015 06:44pm
@Harmony Same thing here ,i changed my id to just raja instead of raja farhat abbas.
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Apr 22, 2015 06:45pm
@Harmony It is not the end of life, chill and enjoy, don't take life so seriously.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:00pm
@lafanga - Thank you...but not only it’s silly to misrepresent someone, it’s unethical. I agree with Zak though, Dawn should adopt a simple process of registering usernames – a common practice everywhere.
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Apr 22, 2015 10:40pm
@Harmony My name is Joel Harmony and i am using my legitimate name to comment, kindly tell me what is your name first and last.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:02am
@Harmony My name is Joel Harmony and you were saying ?
What is your first and last name please and why do you think you have the sole ownership to the harmony epithet
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Apr 23, 2015 01:09pm
Women in our societies are reduced to toys... when one gets fed up it is passed on to others...we have a no compassion, no feelings as to how women feel about this..I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. In our parts of the world it is a big question mark...
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Apr 23, 2015 02:57pm
@Joel Harmony - If evidently Harmony already exists, why don’t you use Joel Harmony to distinguish yourself?
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