<p> <br />The ‘shoot-at-sight’ order was issued by the panchayat at a meeting of its members held at Aldi village in Muzaffarnagar district a few days back. The meet had asked the lovers to leave the village and never to come back.<br /><br />The panchayat also allegedly asked the members to shoot them (lovers) if they were seen within 25-km radius of the village, police sources said.<br /><br />The haples lovers were taken out of the village by one of the ‘panch' (member of the panchayat), who dropped them at some distance from the village.<br /><br />The dalit widow invited the wrath of the panchayat after she fell in love with a married youth of the same caste.<br /><br />Soon the couple approached the district court for being married. The people in the village came to know about it when a police team arrived at the village to make an inquiry, sources said.<br /><br />The couple has been untraceable since and attempts were being made to locate them, said a senior police official. The members of the panchayat have also been absconding after pronouncing the order.</p>
<p> <br />The ‘shoot-at-sight’ order was issued by the panchayat at a meeting of its members held at Aldi village in Muzaffarnagar district a few days back. The meet had asked the lovers to leave the village and never to come back.<br /><br />The panchayat also allegedly asked the members to shoot them (lovers) if they were seen within 25-km radius of the village, police sources said.<br /><br />The haples lovers were taken out of the village by one of the ‘panch' (member of the panchayat), who dropped them at some distance from the village.<br /><br />The dalit widow invited the wrath of the panchayat after she fell in love with a married youth of the same caste.<br /><br />Soon the couple approached the district court for being married. The people in the village came to know about it when a police team arrived at the village to make an inquiry, sources said.<br /><br />The couple has been untraceable since and attempts were being made to locate them, said a senior police official. The members of the panchayat have also been absconding after pronouncing the order.</p>