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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Honour killings: It's more about caste than gotra, says study

Honour killings: It's more about caste than gotra, says study

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published Published on Aug 10, 2010   modified Modified on Aug 10, 2010


Even as the government plans to bring legislation that will define and punish perpetrators of honour killings, a study said most violent reactions appeared to be prompted when a girl chose to marry a boy from a lower caste than herself.

The study commissioned by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and conducted by NGO `Shakti Vahini' profiled 560 cases which reflected that honour killing was a north Indian phenomenon, minister of state for women and child development Krishna Tirath told Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The study revealed that in 88.93% of the total 560 cases surveyed, perpetrators of the crimes were from the girl's family, Tirath said in a written reply.

She added that honour killings were reported mostly from areas where khap panchayats were active and out of the 560 cases where couples were threatened, 121 persons were killed. The report mentioned that honour killings were less about the gotra issue and more about inter-caste marriages.

Violence and threatening of couples have been reported both from rural and urban areas and from almost all sections of society. The reaction to inter-caste marriages is much stronger and violent when the girl marries a dalit or into a lower caste than her own.

 


The Times of India, 10 August, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Honour-killings-Its-more-about-caste-than-gotra-says-study/articleshow/6283566.cms


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