Behrampore, May 19: A masjid committee has ordered the boycott of seven families in a Murshidabad village 215 km from Calcutta because one of them had refused to pay Rs 6,000 as fine after a girl spoke to a male neighbour.
They are being denied work in the fields, provisions from shops and bathing rights in village ponds. “We follow the Islamic law at Bildharipara,” said Mohsin Ali, the mosque secretary. Behrampore circle inspector Debendranath Das went there yesterday and told the panel to withdraw the boycott. “Or else we’ll initiate a case. |