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Journalism of Courage
ROHTAK, OCT 18: This cruel story from a Haryana village is a grim reminder of a millennium-eve Indian reality. A 15-year-old Jat girl fell in love with a 16-year-old Lohar boy. The girl8217;s family allegedly killed both of them on October 14 to salvage its quot;honourquot;.
quot;She flouted the traditions and norms of the society. Therefore, I have no regrets over her death,8221; says Kalawati, mother of the 15-year-old Krishna, of Ismil village, 23 km from Rohtak. quot;I wanted to marry off my daughter. But God wished otherwise. Now I want to forget it as a bad dream,quot; she adds.
Two men lifted Sunil from the cot and took him away while Sunil8217;s mother Santosh, his sisterSunita and brother Jagdeep, both younger to him, and others watched helplessly. Sunil8217;s father Jaibhagwan is in the Army and posted at Ambala Cantt.
The family cried for help but no one came out, says Jogi Ram. The next morning, they filed a complaint to the police. An FIR was lodged in the Sampla police station by Sunil8217;s uncle Randhir Singh and a case was registered.
The bodies of Krishna and Sunil were recovered on Friday morning from Dulheda minor near Ismaila village. The bodies were naked.
Though the police rounded up a few suspects for interrogation, no arrests have been made. DSP Subhash Yadav said: quot;Preliminary investigations indicate that the family members of the girl are responsible.quot;
No one in the village wants to talk on record. But most of them feel the quot;punishmentquot; was justified.
