<p>In a shocking incident, an old dalit woman was allegedly half stripped, her face blackened and forced to sit on a buffalo and paraded in streets of the village on the order of the panchayat in UP’s Bulandshahar district, about 450 km from here.<br /><br />The alleged crime of the hapless old woman, Chandravati was, that she and her son had helped another woman of the same village in eloping with a man a few days back, according to reports.<br /><br />The panchayat not only ordered that the faces of the woman and her son be blackened and they be taken through the streets of the village on a buffalo but it also directed that the duo be socially boycotted.<br /><br />The old woman was allegedly half stripped and hers and her son’s faces were painted black, reports said.<br /><br />“The panchayat said that a fine of Rs 50,000 will be imposed on any one found speaking to Chandravati and her son,” alleged Chandravati’s other son Bablu.<br /><br />According to police sources, a woman identified as Kshama had eloped from from the village a few days back and it was alleged by some that Chandravati and her son had helped her. On Thursday, a panchayat was convened in the village, which deliberated on the matter for five hours before pronouncing its order.<br /><br />Incidently, the village chowkidar Murari Valmiki was also present at the meeting of the panchayat when its diktat was announced but he did not bother to inform the police. <br />Acting swiftly however, the police registered a case against 23 people and arrested seven people in this regard, including the chowkidar and a hunt has been launched to nab the other culprits.</p>
<p>In a shocking incident, an old dalit woman was allegedly half stripped, her face blackened and forced to sit on a buffalo and paraded in streets of the village on the order of the panchayat in UP’s Bulandshahar district, about 450 km from here.<br /><br />The alleged crime of the hapless old woman, Chandravati was, that she and her son had helped another woman of the same village in eloping with a man a few days back, according to reports.<br /><br />The panchayat not only ordered that the faces of the woman and her son be blackened and they be taken through the streets of the village on a buffalo but it also directed that the duo be socially boycotted.<br /><br />The old woman was allegedly half stripped and hers and her son’s faces were painted black, reports said.<br /><br />“The panchayat said that a fine of Rs 50,000 will be imposed on any one found speaking to Chandravati and her son,” alleged Chandravati’s other son Bablu.<br /><br />According to police sources, a woman identified as Kshama had eloped from from the village a few days back and it was alleged by some that Chandravati and her son had helped her. On Thursday, a panchayat was convened in the village, which deliberated on the matter for five hours before pronouncing its order.<br /><br />Incidently, the village chowkidar Murari Valmiki was also present at the meeting of the panchayat when its diktat was announced but he did not bother to inform the police. <br />Acting swiftly however, the police registered a case against 23 people and arrested seven people in this regard, including the chowkidar and a hunt has been launched to nab the other culprits.</p>
