NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 11, 2004: The All India Democratic Women’s Association today demanded effective policy to end the evil of honor killings of young people marrying out of their community. There is the chilling tale of Geeta whose husband Jasbeer was killed before her eyes. Geeta is a Rajput and her husband was a Jat and the medieval customs of rural India forbid any marital ties between the two communities. So the jats of the village got together and killed Geeta’s husband, punishing him for violating the honor of their community. “The people who killed my husband were not even related to me. They just killed him because, according to them, it was a question of their community’s honor,” said Geeta.
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