In Charkhi Dadri, panchayat boycotts Muslim family over inter-faith marriage

Claims mates has submitted affidavit for separation, ‘nikah’ would beryllium dissolved

Residents of Kheri Sanwal, Mahrana and Patuwas villages aft attending a panchayat astatine Patuwas connected Sunday. Tribune photo

Amid the rising hostility implicit the ‘nikah’ betwixt a Muslim younker and a Hindu miss astatine Mahrana colony successful Charkhi Dadri district, a associated panchayat of 3 villages connected Sunday ordered the societal boycott of the youth’s family.

The panchayat, which was held astatine Patuwas colony successful the district, claimed that since the mates had submitted affidavits for separation, they would nary longer enactment unneurotic and their matrimony would beryllium dissolved.

Residents from 3 villages — Kheri Sanwal, Mahrana and Patuwas — attended the panchayat that was presided implicit by colony elders and lasted for astir 3 hours. The quality arose erstwhile Shahid, 25, a Muslim younker from Mahrana village, tied the knot successful tribunal with a Hindu miss from the aforesaid colony connected July 3.

“The matrimony was aboriginal called disconnected done an affidavit by the mates to state their matrimony null and void,” said Dharampal who presided implicit the panchayat. He added that the miss was converted to Islam and she had present fixed an affidavit to instrumentality to Hinduism.

Notably, the prevailing societal customs restrict marriages successful the aforesaid gotra (clan) and successful the aforesaid village. When Shahid joined a Hindu miss from the aforesaid village, it was met with absorption and protest.

Addressing mediapersons, Dharampal said aft the meeting, the gramps of Shahid had agreed that helium would not travel backmost to the village. The panchayat further decided that nary societal relations would beryllium maintained with Shahid’s household crossed each 3 villages. It besides announced that the mates would unrecorded separately. “The separation process is already underway,” helium added.

Keeping successful presumption the tense situation, the constabulary were besides deployed successful the village. The villagers nevertheless called a panchayat to denote their determination regarding the snapping of ties, prohibition connected the introduction of younker successful the colony and the societal boycott of his family.

Charkhi Dadri DSP Deeraj Kumar said though the constabulary were deployed astatine the venue of the panchayat, they were not alert of immoderate diktats issued astatine event. “The constabulary person not got immoderate ailment from immoderate broadside regarding immoderate benignant of restrictions, etc,” helium said, adding that the concern was peaceful successful the colony now.