00:00But she was being brutally beaten and she went back to her parents not once but twice.
00:06And what would a normal person who is concerned for the daughter,
00:11they would take the process of law, go to the police to file a complaint.
00:17Because even in cases like this in family disputes, the police does not register an FIR.
00:22They have mediation proceedings which sometimes go on for six months.
00:27Even the courts, they ask for the parties to go for mediation.
00:31But these mediations are done within the purview of the law.
00:34And these mediation and counselling is done by professionals.
00:38But what did these people do? They went to the so-called kangaroo courts.
00:43You know these honor crimes and these panchayats you tell.
00:47The problem is a problem of hierarchy and patriarchy. Patriarchy is shaking.
00:52And the girls and youngsters are no longer willing to listen to the elders.
00:57So what do they do? How do they impose their youth?
01:00They say girls should not have mobile phones. It corrupts them.
01:04Girls should not wear jeans. So they are trying to retain their power.
01:08And this is what they do. And according to, I heard one of the interviews of the father,
01:15he said on the 17th, that is like barely a week ago, the girl pleaded with him and said,
01:21Mujja panaa be do. Pana means give me shelter. I'm willing to work, I'm earning,
01:26I'm doing everything because they were even taking away the earnings.
01:29But what did he do? He did nothing.
01:33And sending that girl back in that hellhole to be beaten, I think is the worst form of cruelty.
01:39In fact, I have consistently said in all the channels and whenever my opinion has been asked,
01:45because if you say dowry, giving and taking is a crime, the parents who are indulging in this kind
01:51of crime, sending the girl back, not, you know, heatful of her emotions, her sentiments,
01:57they should be arrested. And what about these illegal kangaroo courts who are under the name of panchayat?
02:04You see, they're misleading people. They are not the gram-pachayats which are under the panchayatiraj
02:08act, which is a constitution, which is a constitutional body. And they should also,
02:14those persons who gave this order that she should be sent back, let them be arrested.
02:20And then only will there be a fear and these things, otherwise these things will just continue.
