Posted on 06/08/2022 6:32:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Before the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into.
Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters.
The sisters had wed brothers from the same household and lived under the same roof, but suffered constant violence from their husbands and in-laws, according to the trio's grieving relatives.
They were abused constantly, they say, including when their father failed to meet demands for more money.
All three were found dead last month near their marital home, a village on the outskirts of Jaipur, along with Kalu's four-year-old son and infant child. Both Kamlesh and Mamta were pregnant.
"We don't wish to die but death is better than their abuse," read a message on WhatsApp left by one of the sisters after their disappearance, a cousin said.
"Our in-laws are the reason behind our deaths. We are dying together because it's better than dying every day."
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Police have arrested the three husbands, their mother and a sister-in-law on charges of dowry harassment and spousal abuse...
India outlawed the practice of paying dowries more than 60 years ago, and harassment or extortion over the payments is a criminal offense...
Local news outlets regularly report on marital property disputes that end in murder.
Last year, a man in the southern state of Kerala was jailed for life after using venomous snakes to murder his wife and take sole control of their property, which included a new car and 500,000 rupees ($6,500) provided by her family as dowry...
India's National Crime Records Bureau recorded nearly 7,000 dowry-related killings in 2020 — around 19 women every day.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
But if we bring them over here they will stop it.
Couldn’tthey kill ‘em without poisoning the well? Annoying all around.
See my tagline.
Must be terrorism by white supremacists. Yeah. /s
Greed, pure and simple.
The crime shows on cable tell a lot of stories about husbands murdering their wives, and wives doing the same to their husbands for life insurance money.
It’s what makes the world go ‘round.
American feminists will have no interest in this story.
They are busy making sure that men who pretend to be women
can play in women’s sports events and get gynecologists to see them.
“When dowries are outlawed only outlaws will have dowries”
Actually the practice does have a bit to say about unenforceable, unpopular laws .
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