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‘Panchayat raj’ and a woman stoned
The Supreme Court has taken suo-motu notice of another horrendous panchayat crime in Punjab and found that the police were inclined to ignore the criminality of the local so-called council of elders, which was dictated by a local strongman. The case is related to the stoning to death of a woman at Chak 15 in .. read more
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Punjab sees second honour killing in a week
CHANDIGARH: In the second honour killing in Punjab in a week’s time, a man murdered his daughter and her lover and buried their bodies near the Satluj in Buhhathad village in Taran Taran district of the state. Gurpreet Kaur, 21, and her lover Harjeet Singh, 24, were murdered on June 13 allegedly by the girl’s father .. read more
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