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Teenage girl, 19, burned to death in Indian village
'by four men because she wanted to disobeyelders and marry for love'
Girl set on fire by boyfriend's father after he discovers two-year affair
Two men in custody but boyfriend's father on the run police confirm
Girl's mother says couple were in love, all she wanted was her daughter's
happiness
By Matt West
PUBLISHED: 16:07 GMT, 15 June 2013 | UPDATED: 23:39 GMT, 15 June 2013
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A 19-year-old girl has been burnt to death and her mother beaten after pleading with village elders to be
allowed to marry a boy from the same village and same caste, Indian police have confirmed.
Anju Yadav, 19, from Karahkol village, in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, was set on fire at her home while her
mother, Gyanwati Devi, 48, was on the other side of the village pleading with the village council to allow Anju
to marry her boyfriend of two-years, Ranjit Yadav, 21.
But the village council, along with the boy's father, Jai Hind Yadav, 52, rejected their pleas insisting it was
against tradition.
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In love: Anju Yadav, 19,from Karahkol village and Ranjit Yadav, 21 were in love according
toe Anju's mother
Instead, the boy’s father rushed over to the family home and set the girl alight, it was claimed.
Indian society is well known for its complex caste system, which can prevent people from different social
castes from marrying and in some cases carrying out certain professions.
However, what is less well known is that it is equably unacceptable for people from the same caste and village
to marry. Marriages within the same Gotra (clan) are also not permitted in traditional India, particularly in thenorthern regions of the country where caste based groups, known as Khap Panchayats, consider such
marriages crimes.
Rakesh Kumar, head of Ikauna Police Station, said: ‘Jai Hind along with three other villagers rushed to the
girl’s house and doused her with inflammable liquid and set her alight while her mother was at the council
meeting. We have arrested two members of the group while two are still on the run.’
Anju had suffered 85 per cent burn and died on her way to hospital on Thursday evening.
Anju was alone when the four men broke into her home. In desperation she jumped from her terrace onto the
second floor to try and save herself. She suffered fractures in her arms and legs.
Villagers poured water on her, but by then she had already suffered severe burns.
Her mother, Gyanwati, said both her daughter and Ranjit loved each other very much and wanted to marry.
Gyanwati went to Jai Hind's house on Wednesday evening to discuss the marriage proposal but when he and
the family refused she went to village council for help, which is usual in India.
Gyanwati said: ‘I wanted to see my daughter happy. They loved each other; I had no problem with the
marriage. But when I went to Jai Hind with the proposal he told me it’s a sin to marry within the same caste
and would not accept the marriage.’
Police confirmed Jai Hind was still missing.
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The attack comes six months after the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on
a bus in Dehli. The attack prompted worldwide condemnation and protests in India demanding better treatment
for women.
The number of high-profile rape cases in India have sparked passionate protests andseen a drop in the number of women tourists travelling to the country over safety fears
Attention has inevitably turned on the country and stories of the mistreatment of women have regularly made
the news since including the deplorable case of a five year old girl who was left fighting for her life after she
was raped by a neighbour in the Indian capital in April.
The girl died from her injuries two weeks later.
Two weeks ago an American woman was gang-raped by three men in India while hitchhiking back to a guest
house, police announced today.
The 30-year-old was picked up by men in a truck and then attacked as she made her way home after visiting a
friend.
It came the day after it emerged a 21-year-old Irish charity worker was allegedly drugged and raped while
volunteering with an aid agency in Kolkata.
Regular stories of violence against women have had an impact on tourist visits with the number of travellers
entering the country believed to be down by anything between 25 per cent and as much as 68 per cent
according to some sources.
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