Honour crimes not uncommon in India

ALL FOR HONOUR: In parts of northern India punishments in the name of honour are not uncommon.

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New Delhi: In parts of northern India and even in Muslim-dominated nations, horrific punishments in the name of honour — ranging from rape to murder, are not uncommon.

• Nineteen-year-old Poonam was thrown into a canal by her Jat relatives in January this year, for marrying a Dalit boy. Fortunately, Poonam was rescued.
• In August last year, 24-year-old Ramesh was tied to a tractor and dragged around a village in Gujarat, before being hacked to death — all because he eloped with a girl from his neighbourhood.
• Honour killing is a step resorted to in some Muslim countries too. In 2006, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl was kidnapped and shot by her relatives who accused her of having sex with a young man.
• Perhaps, the most well known victim of an honour crime is Mukhtaran Bibi, a Pakistani woman raped by the more influential tribesmen in her village. It was meant as payback because her 12-year-old brother was accused of raping an older woman of the powerful clan, a charge that was never proved.