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| Indian woman stripped, paraded on donkey as punishment |
| 2014-11-11 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A woman was partially stripped naked and paraded on a donkey through her village in northern India after being accused of killing her nephew, police said Monday. Members of the village also blackened her face with coal dust and cut her hair following orders from a local council of elders in Rajasthan, the police officer said. Thirty nine people, mostly members of the village in Rajsamand district, have been incarcerated You have the right to remain silent... over the incident that took place on Saturday night, additional superintendent of police Sudhir Joshi said. The woman was accused by the village council of killing her nephew who had died some time earlier, the officer said. "The woman aged around 40 years was in her house when some villagers stormed into the house and pulled her out on Saturday evening," Joshi told AFP. "They cut her hair, blackened her face and stripped her half naked. Then they mounted her on a donkey and paraded her in the village for ten minutes," he said. "It was after a meeting of the panchayat (village elders). The cruel punishment was meted out to the woman just on a suspicion," he said. The woman was now being cared for by family members, the officer added. Councils made up of village elders, usually known as "khap panchayats", are common in rural parts of India, especially in the north, where they are often accused of dispensing "Taliban-style justice". Their diktats are often unconstitutional and illegal, but they continue to hold sway with rules seen as regressive by women's rights activists. In September this year, 13 men were tossed in the slammer Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! in West Bengal state for gang-raping a woman who was accused by the local council of "dishonoring" her village. The council ordered the attack against the 20-year-old woman for the perceived offense of having a relationship with a man from a different community. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 blackened her face When that Muslim donkey leaves for Rajsaman' I'll be right there They'll judge me fair When I see that rusty-haired panchayat man Me he'll collar And I'll holler "Rajsaman'! Rajsaman'! That's where you stop your mule Where they ain't got no school Where khap panchayats rule Where dat ol' Islam am I will be right there with bells When that old panchayat yells "All aboard! All aboard! All aboard for Rajsaman'!" Doggone toothache. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-11-11 23:40 |
| #3 It's only she-goats and mares and such who can be married to humans. Male animals have to be satisfied with the less attractive females in the herd. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-11 19:30 |
| #2 No. It's not a goat. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-11-11 00:55 |
| #1 Does she have to marry the donkey now? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-11 00:43 |