Panchayat asks man to stand in seven-feet water

AJMER: The remote Surajpura village of Kekeri block in Ajmer witnessed an unusual ritual on Thursday when a maha panchayat of kanjar' tribal community ordered a man to stay under seven-feet water and another person to swim a distance of 100 feet to prove their innocence following a family dispute. Read More................Panchayat asks man to stand in seven-feet water

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Panchayat seeks eyes of eloping lovers

Noida: LESS than a week after a Ghaziabad panchayat decided to punish a rapist by five shoe whacks, the panchayat of a village in Greater Noida ordered to gouge out the eyes of a couple and then shoot them in public. Read More................Panchayat seeks eyes of eloping lovers

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Uttar Pradesh panchayat forces woman to ill-treat her lover

Unwilling to accept their love affair, an Uttar Pradesh village panchayat forced a woman to slap her lover with shoes and tonsure his head. Later, after blackening the man's face, the panchayat paraded him semi-naked through various localities in the village, police said Thursday.

The order came Wednesday from the panchayat of Aaldi village in Muzaffarnagar, about 350 km from Lucknow, where the 22-year-old woman was forced to abuse her 26-year-old lover in full public view. Read More................Uttar Pradesh panchayat forces woman to ill-treat her lover

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