And so the recent spate of so called "honour" or then should I say "dishonour" killings continue unabated, with the fire spreading to Odisha this time around and the hapless victim (18 year old young woman) being charred to death this time around.........
One more innocent victim bites the dust, her only crime (?) being that she wanted to marry and settle down with a boy of her own choice and this assertion of her rights enraged her parents to the extent that they bound and gagged her, and then poured kerosene on her before setting her ablaze.........
A conscientious and caring neighbour Pramod Behera made a beeline towards the hutment in Balakati on the outskirts of the Odishan capital of Bhubaneshwar only to be abruptly stopped in his tracks by the parents of the victim who were looking to make good their escape from the spot, he somehow managed to elude them and pour buckets of water on the victim, alas, it proved to be a case of too little too late..........
The deceased/victim has been identified as Umabharati Mallick, her parents Radha Gobinda and Santilata mallick were duly handed over to the local police by the neighbours who beat them black and blue before doing so, the parents have duly confessed to their gruesome crime and attributed the same to the blossoming relationship between their daughter and one Nigamananda Mallick, a relationship to which they were vehemently opposed.........
The heinous and cold blooded manner in which the assailants set the victim ablaze has even taken the wizened and world weary cops by surprise, the father subdued the victim by initially sitting astride her and subsequently immobilising her limbs, while the mother firstly gagged her in an effort to stifle her screams before dousing her liberally with kerosene and setting her ablaze.........
According to sources close to the couple, Umabharati and Nigamananda had eloped from their original habitat in Balasore district a little over two months ago and settled down in a hutment in Balakati, the parents somehow managed to trace their whereabouts and managed to make an appearance at the same early on Friday morning.........
They calculatedly adopted a conciliatory approach and also made hollow promises about getting the young and oh so desperately in love couple at the earliest given opportunity thereby winning over the couple's confidence and affections..........
Putting their devious and well thought out cold blooded plan into action, they sent Nigamananda out of the house on buying a few articles for their breakfast and lunch before getting rid of their unsuspecting and trusting daughter in this blood curdling manner..........
They planned to make good their escape from the spot after executing their inhuman deed and foisting the blame for the same on Nigamananda thereby killing two birds with one stone, the alert and aware neighbours however poured water on their carefully thought out plans and handed them over to the local police not before meting out their own brand of instant justice........
All that a well meaning and caring person can do is hang his/her head in shame and despair over this rather sorry and alarming state of affairs as numerous rejoinders and instructions from the Supreme Court have done precious little about improving the situation on the ground as respective governments have dismissed the same as nothing more than breaths of hot air as paying heed to these instructions could end up costing them thousands of precious votes.........
Does anybody remember Haryana chief minster Bhupinder Singh Hooda's acerbic and telling comment about not meddling with local practices, customs and traditions as the same could cause large spread discontentment and consternation on the ground and more importantly costing them thousands of votes as the diktat of sarpanches and their likes runs riot over the minds and souls of innocent and illiterate villagers...........
As for a few hundred young lovers losing their lives at the altar of a misplaced sense of "honour" (?) and so called family prestige, do the lives and times of these young folks really matter??????? ;
One more innocent victim bites the dust, her only crime (?) being that she wanted to marry and settle down with a boy of her own choice and this assertion of her rights enraged her parents to the extent that they bound and gagged her, and then poured kerosene on her before setting her ablaze.........
A conscientious and caring neighbour Pramod Behera made a beeline towards the hutment in Balakati on the outskirts of the Odishan capital of Bhubaneshwar only to be abruptly stopped in his tracks by the parents of the victim who were looking to make good their escape from the spot, he somehow managed to elude them and pour buckets of water on the victim, alas, it proved to be a case of too little too late..........
The deceased/victim has been identified as Umabharati Mallick, her parents Radha Gobinda and Santilata mallick were duly handed over to the local police by the neighbours who beat them black and blue before doing so, the parents have duly confessed to their gruesome crime and attributed the same to the blossoming relationship between their daughter and one Nigamananda Mallick, a relationship to which they were vehemently opposed.........
The heinous and cold blooded manner in which the assailants set the victim ablaze has even taken the wizened and world weary cops by surprise, the father subdued the victim by initially sitting astride her and subsequently immobilising her limbs, while the mother firstly gagged her in an effort to stifle her screams before dousing her liberally with kerosene and setting her ablaze.........
According to sources close to the couple, Umabharati and Nigamananda had eloped from their original habitat in Balasore district a little over two months ago and settled down in a hutment in Balakati, the parents somehow managed to trace their whereabouts and managed to make an appearance at the same early on Friday morning.........
They calculatedly adopted a conciliatory approach and also made hollow promises about getting the young and oh so desperately in love couple at the earliest given opportunity thereby winning over the couple's confidence and affections..........
Putting their devious and well thought out cold blooded plan into action, they sent Nigamananda out of the house on buying a few articles for their breakfast and lunch before getting rid of their unsuspecting and trusting daughter in this blood curdling manner..........
They planned to make good their escape from the spot after executing their inhuman deed and foisting the blame for the same on Nigamananda thereby killing two birds with one stone, the alert and aware neighbours however poured water on their carefully thought out plans and handed them over to the local police not before meting out their own brand of instant justice........
All that a well meaning and caring person can do is hang his/her head in shame and despair over this rather sorry and alarming state of affairs as numerous rejoinders and instructions from the Supreme Court have done precious little about improving the situation on the ground as respective governments have dismissed the same as nothing more than breaths of hot air as paying heed to these instructions could end up costing them thousands of precious votes.........
Does anybody remember Haryana chief minster Bhupinder Singh Hooda's acerbic and telling comment about not meddling with local practices, customs and traditions as the same could cause large spread discontentment and consternation on the ground and more importantly costing them thousands of votes as the diktat of sarpanches and their likes runs riot over the minds and souls of innocent and illiterate villagers...........
As for a few hundred young lovers losing their lives at the altar of a misplaced sense of "honour" (?) and so called family prestige, do the lives and times of these young folks really matter??????? ;
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