- A young girl in India was beaten to death with a club by a male relative for wearing jeans.
- Neha Paswan, 17, had a disagreement with his male family over his clothing.
- The next morning, her body was found hanging on a bridge.
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This week, an Indian girl was beaten to death because her male relatives did not want her to wear jeans.
Several male family members of 17-year-old Neha Paswan have been accused of murdering her over a dress-related dispute.
This British Broadcasting Corporation Talking to Paswan’s mother, Shakuntala Devi Paswan, she said that her daughter wore a pair of jeans for religious ceremonies. This sparked a controversy at home in the remote village of Savreji Kharg in Uttar Pradesh. The most populous state in India.
The teenager’s family objected to her jeans, which violated The local government ruling was implemented in March. The ruling prohibits men from wearing shorts and women Jeans and other signs of “Western culture”, And limit them to traditional clothing, such as Sarthat is.
“When her grandparents objected to her dress, Neha retorted that jeans were for wearing and she would wear them,” Shakuntala Devi told the BBC.
She said her daughter was “beaten with sticks” by male relatives, including the girl’s grandfather and uncle. After beating her, the man promised to take the girl to the hospital and put her in a rickshaw.
However, Shakuntala Devi said that this was the last time she saw her daughter alive.
“They wouldn’t let me accompany them, so I notified my relatives and they went to the district hospital to look for her, but they couldn’t find her,” she told the BBC. The next morning, she found her daughter’s body hanging on a bridge.
Shakuntala Devi added that her in-laws were often dissatisfied with the girl’s preference for wearing modern clothes and forced her to drop out of school.
According to local news media India Today, The teenager’s grandfather has been arrested and charged with murder.However, Indian online media Bawaba According to reports, her two uncles, Vyas Paswan and Arvind Paswan, are on the run.
The region has a history of repressive treatment of women and girls.exist year 2013, A 55-year-old Indian mother was lynched by a neighbor for allowing her daughter to go to college to wear jeans.
India also has history “Honorary Killing” Where Women are sometimes killed by their families Because they got married outside their caste, or engaged in premarital sex. There were 24 honour killings in India in 2019. According to Al Jazeera.
This March, An Indian man beheaded his 17-year-old daughter After he found out that she and her boyfriend were in a “compromise position”. According to reports, after murdering his daughter, the man took her decapitated head to the village. Reuters.
