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  • Two sisters in an Indian village have been ‘sentenced to rape’.

    Local unelected authorities, also known as the Khap Panchayat, reportedly ordered the sexual assault of the sisters from the low Dalit caste (historically called 'untouchables') as a punishment for their elder brother marrying a woman from the upper Jat caste.

    One of the sisters, Meenakshi Kumari, 23, told Star News that her brother fell in love with the woman back in their home village of Bhagpat, and the couple eloped to Delhi in March. The woman’s family were furious and began to make unannounced midnight visits to their house to harass his sisters.

    Meenakshi said they told the family: “You’ve spoilt our honour by marrying our daughter, so now we will ruin your honour by raping your daughters”.

    The all-male village council in Uttar Pradesh state, 30 miles from the capital Delhi, then reportedly ruled that the Dalit family should be dishonoured to "avenge" their brother's supposed crime.

    Meenakshi and her sister, were allegedly told they would be paraded naked with their faces blackened through the streets. The family contacted the police and officials for help, but were rejected.



    Yes, this is still happening in the year 2015.
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    Seriously we all needs to consider stepping away from the medieval mindset and stepping into the new millennium.

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