17-year-old UP Girl Killed for Wearing Jeans

News Cover: In Deoria, Uttar Pradesh at the Savreji Kharg village, Neha Paswan who was 17 years old, was brutally thrashed by her family for wearing jeans and a top. The incident occurred on 19 July 2021. Let me tell you what happened. Her mother Shakuntala Devi Paswan said, “Neha had kept a day-long religious fast. In the evening, she put on a pair of jeans and a top. Her grandparents objected to her attire but Neha retorted that clothes are meant to be worn not kept in the cupboard. 

Her furious grandparents and her uncle beat Neha with sticks" Shakuntala Devi said as her daughter lay unconscious, her in-laws called an autorickshaw and said they were taking her to hospital. However, they did not let her accompany them and said they would care for Neha. The worried mother requested her relatives to go see her daughter in the hospital. However, the relatives were not able to find Neha in the hospital. The next morning, Shakuntala Devi said, she heard that the body of a girl was hanging from the bridge over the Gandak river. When she and her relatives went to investigate, they discovered it was Neha’s body. Police have lodged a case of murder and destruction of evidence against the family. 

10 people have been booked. They include Neha’s grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and the auto driver. The grandparents, an uncle, and the auto driver had been arrested and were being questioned. Police said the rest have run away and the police are looking for them.