UP village panchayat orders rape victim to marry her rapist
UP village panchayat orders rape victim to marry her rapist
The panchayat of a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district has allegedly ordered a rape survivor to marry her rapist.
The elders in the village termed the marriage as an ‘appropriate justice’ for the woman. The father and relatives of the accused had also offered the woman an amount of Rs.1 lakh but she had refused it.