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  • Maoists abduct, kill journalist’s kin on suspicion of being police informer in Chhattisgarh

    By PTI

    BIJAPUR: Maoists abducted and killed the brother of a journalist on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

    The victim, Basant Jhadi, was abducted by Naxalites on Friday and killed on Monday after they held a ‘jan adalat’ (people’s court or kangaroo court) at village Kotapalli on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P.

    Jhadi, who was the brother of a local journalist, was killed on suspicion of being a police informer, he said.

    “As per information received so far, the victim’s relatives have performed his last rites, but they are yet to lodge a police complaint,” the IPS officer said.

    Maoists often hold ‘jan adalat’ where persons suspected to be loyal to the state are killed in full public view.

    BIJAPUR: Maoists abducted and killed the brother of a journalist on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

    The victim, Basant Jhadi, was abducted by Naxalites on Friday and killed on Monday after they held a ‘jan adalat’ (people’s court or kangaroo court) at village Kotapalli on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P.

    Jhadi, who was the brother of a local journalist, was killed on suspicion of being a police informer, he said.

    “As per information received so far, the victim’s relatives have performed his last rites, but they are yet to lodge a police complaint,” the IPS officer said.

    Maoists often hold ‘jan adalat’ where persons suspected to be loyal to the state are killed in full public view.

  • One-year jail for eight Naga women over humiliating kangaroo court convict 

    Express News Service
    GUWAHATI:  A court in Nagaland has sentenced eight women to one year in jail for humiliating a woman after a judgment against her was passed by a kangaroo court in 2018. The Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Tuensang also ordered a fine of Rs 3,000 against the eight, under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code. The victim was punished by a kangaroo court over violation of customary laws relating to extra-marital affairs.

    Enraged that the victim had an extramarital affair, the eight women chopped off her hair and paraded her naked. The court observed that the villagers had taken the matter into their hands and meted out “inhumane” justice to her. “This is a case where the village folk asserting the so-called rights given unto them by the customary law, outraged the modesty of the victim in the most barbaric fashion,” the court said. The Nagas are governed by customary laws.

    The state enjoys special provision under Article 371 A of the Constitution which says, “No Act of the Parliament in respect of religious or social practices of the Nagas and Naga customary law and procedure shall apply to Nagaland unless the state Assembly so decides by a resolution.”

    However, the court observed that the law and order situation in the society would break down completely if all villages started invoking customary laws that “uncultured civilisations practiced”. According to the convicts, they were acting on the basis of a resolution adopted by their village to punish anyone found guilty of indulging in adultery.

  • No shorts for boys; no jeans, T-shirts for girls: UP Khap diktat

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: A Kshatriya Khap Panchayat in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday prohibited girls from wearing jeans, t-Shirts, and skirts across a dozen villages dominated by Rajputs.

    The Khap Panchayat had met in Pippalshah village falling under the Charthawal assembly constituency in Muzaffarnagar in western UP. More than a dozen Khap Choudharys of villages dominated by Rajputs participated in the panchayat to pass the edict.

    The Khap heads took the decision in a meeting organised to deliberate upon a fresh reservation pattern of seats in villages panchayats by the state government ahead of the panchayat polls due in April-May.

    However, the agenda of the meeting digressed and turned towards social and cultural practices penetrating the society at large.

    Majority of the Khap members expressed annoyance over the issues related to changing lifestyles of youths at village level. Taking affront of the fact that the village youth –both grown-ups and boys — are seen taking baths in open wearing half pants and girls and women adorning jeans, pants, skirts and T-shirts.

    “These western dresses are not allowed in our society. Our traditional dresses are sarees, Ghagra, salwar-kameez for girls and women and pant-shirts, dhoti-kurta for boys and men,” pointed Thakur Puran Singh, President, Kshatriya Khap Panchayat.

    Singh said that the panchayat had decided to ban these western dresses with immediate effect. He even went to the level of asking the Rajputs to boycott those girl schools where skirts or pants-top were part of the uniform. “Anyone violating the panchayat diktat will be ostracized from our villages,” cautioned Singh.

    On the issue of fresh and renewed reservation of seats in village panchayats, the assembly of Khaps claimed that the government was reshuffling the reserved seats on its whims and fancies. The Khap body said it would boycott the rural polls next month.

    The Khap body also hinted at boycotting the 2022 Assembly polls. However, the final decision regarding this would be taken in the next meeting, said a majority of the Khap heads.