In yet another incident of khap interference in the personal lives of people, a young couple has been separated after an inter-caste marriage despite the opposition of family members of girl. The couple belonged to same village and the boy had now been barred from entering the village.
The couple, residents of Koyar village of Karnal district, had got married in the Gauri Shankar temple in Panipat on June 4. The boy is now receiving death threats if he returns to village.
The girl’s parents have not reconciled to the marriage as both of them belong to the same village and such marriages are forbidden under khap diktat.
However, the couple sought protection from the court and left for Gurgaon after staying at a shelter home in Karnal for 16 days.
The boy has now urged the Karnal superintendent of police to free his wife from the captivity of her relatives, provide them protection and also take action against those threatening to kill them.
Advocate Deepak Sharma, who is helping the couple, has also urged the police to take action to ensure that no harm was done to the couple.
The boy, Bittoo Kumar, a diploma holder in computers from a polytechnic, alleged that on September 13, the relatives of his wife Neelam came to their house and forcibly took her away. “They threatened to kill me if I enter the village,” he said. They also forced him and Neelam to sign some blank papers, he added.
Bitto said his wife had told him on phone on September 14 that she was being tortured and fears for her life.