Police Free Man Chained For 45 Days On Khap's Order For Eloping With A Married Woman

Rajasthan police managed to set free a man who was chained for 45 days in Parau village. A human right organisation approached the police and it was revealed that the Khap Panchayat had ordered to chain the man for allegedly eloping with a married woman.

HT

Two months ago, the Panchayat ordered the family of Manoj, the man in question to chain him and the family followed it. However, after getting a note of the case, a local human rights group approached the police. ¡°We were informed that a man had been chained at his house. We then went to the place and released the man,¡± HT spoke to Prema Ram, station house officer of Gida police station.

¡°The victim, identified as Manohar, filed a complaint with the police. On the basis of the complaint, police lodged an FIR and started an investigation,¡± Ram said. ¡°Manohar fled with a married woman. Both were caught in Mumbai and brought back; the woman was handed over to her family.¡±

Manohar has now lodged a complaint against Khap Panchayat members who ordered him to be chained for two months. ¡°My family members have chained him for about 45 days,¡± he told police.

Reuters

On the basis of the complaint, police had lodged cases against two people. The local unit of Human Right Protection intervened after the matter came to light. Parwat Singh Mahecha, its president said, ¡°Fearing the khap panchayat, the family refused to release the man. We approached the police, after which the victim was released.¡±