Monday, May 16, 2011
India: Two Muslim mothers (honor) kill daughters for marrying Hindu’s « Creeping Sharia
“We have no remorse.” via Turned over to kin after elopement, Baghpat women killed by mothers.
Two Muslim women in an Uttar Pradesh town, 40 km east of Delhi, allegedly killed their daughters because they had eloped and married migrant Bihari Hindu labourers, police said.
The victims had sought police protection after they returned to their homes in Baghpat earlier this week, but the subdivisional magistrate sent them home to reconcile with their mothers.
On Wednesday night, Khatun and Subrato, both of whom are widows, allegedly tied their daughters, 19-year-old Zahida and 26-year-old Husna, to cots and threw a rope around their necks. They then held the girls down and tightened the noose until the victims suffocated to death, police said.
Khatun and Subrato have been arrested. A third woman called Momina, their neighbour in Baghpat’s Muslim-dominated Mughalpura area, who allegedly helped them commit the murders, is on the run.
“We killed them because they had brought shame to our community. How could they elope with Hindus? They deserved to die. We have no remorse,” Khatun and Subrato said Friday.
The women said each killed her daughter at home. Police, however, suspect that Khatun, Subrato and Momina committed the murders together, strangling the victims one after another. Khatun and Subrato live in different lanes in the same locality.
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“Preliminary investigations reveal that the two women assisted each other to kill their respective daughters. Both the cases appear to be honour killings, as initial probe indicates that the two mothers – Khatoon and Subrato – killed their daughters after they learnt about their affair with youths of the same locality,” police Inspector A.K. Kushan told reporters in Baghpat, some 400 km from Lucknow.
“The two women were arrested late Thursday. We started our investigations after we became suspicious about the two deaths after Zahida’s sister approached us, suspecting foul play behind the incidents,” he added.
According to police, Khatoon first killed her daughter Zahida with the with the help of Subrato.
“The two strangulated Zahida while she was sleeping. Later, Husno was killed in similar manner,” said Kushan.
“We believe other members of the family could also be involved in the killings. Investigations are on in this regard,” he added.
Haindava Keralam - Maharashtra Village Requests Modi for Adoption
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Maharashtra Village Requests Modi for Adoption
"Impressed" by developmental activities in Gujarat, a village in Buldhana district of eastern Maharashtra has requested Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seeking "adoption", sources said.
Sources in the office of chief minister Narendra Modi told PTI that villagers of Vairagadh, located in Chikhli tehsil of Buldhana district, had passed a unanimous resolution in this regard and sent an e-mail to Modi's office in Gandhinagar.
The resolution passed by the panchayat under Amol Sathe 'requested' Modi to adopt the village seeking overall development, they said.
The villagers are 'impressed' with the developmental schemes like road connectivity, uninterrupted power supply to name a few being implemented by Modi government, sources added.
Buldhana Lok Sabha seat is represented by Shiv Sena while Chikhli assembly segment by Indian National Congress.
Haindava Keralam -“We killed them - How could they elope with Hindus? They deserved to die "
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“We killed them - How could they elope with Hindus? They deserved to die "
Turned over to kin after elopement, Baghpat women killed by mothers
Zahida and Husna sought police protection but SDM sent them home
Vijaita Singh
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Baghpat : Two Muslim women in an Uttar Pradesh town, 40 km east of Delhi, allegedly killed their daughters because they had eloped and married migrant Bihari Hindu labourers, police said.
The victims had sought police protection after they returned to their homes in Baghpat earlier this week, but the subdivisional magistrate sent them home to reconcile with their mothers.
On Wednesday night, Khatun and Subrato, both of whom are widows, allegedly tied their daughters, 19-year-old Zahida and 26-year-old Husna, to cots and threw a rope around their necks. They then held the girls down and tightened the noose until the victims suffocated to death, police said.
Khatun and Subrato have been arrested. A third woman called Momina, their neighbour in Baghpat’s Muslim-dominated Mughalpura area, who allegedly helped them commit the murders, is on the run.
“We killed them because they had brought shame to our community. How could they elope with Hindus? They deserved to die. We have no remorse,” Khatun and Subrato said Friday.
The women said each killed her daughter at home. Police, however, suspect that Khatun, Subrato and Momina committed the murders together, strangling the victims one after another. Khatun and Subrato live in different lanes in the same locality.
Zahida and Husna were good friends who fell in love with two men, who worked at a construction site nearby. The couples eloped to Bihar on May 3, where they got married, police said.
“The couples, who returned on May 10, came to the police station and sought protection. We referred the matter to the subdivisional magistrate,” said Anil Kumar Kusan, SHO, Baghpat.
The SDM called in Khatun and Subrato, made them sign a bond promising that they would not harm their daughters, and sent Zahida and Husna home.
Asked why he had decided to do so despite the threat to Zahida’s and Husna’s lives, SDM V Anand said he intended to prevent possible attacks by the community on the couples.
“This is a communally sensitive area. Had we not asked the women to return to their homes, the villagers would have killed all four, triggering riots,” Anand said.
Saira, Zahira’s elder sister and the complainant, said: “When I woke up yesterday, I found my mother sitting beside my sister’s body. She said she had killed her. I ran to the police station and informed them. Soon we got to know Husna had also been killed.”
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