Friday, December 3, 2010

HUMAN RESCUE TEAM TO THE RESCUE AGAIN- THE HINDU NEWS


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Human Rescue Team to the rescue again
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: The Human Rescue Team helpline launched to address rising cases of honour killings across the country has come to the rescue of another couple whose inter-caste marriage recently was threatened by the girl's family.
The couple, both of whom are over the legal marriageable age, hail from Patna. The girl belongs to the Kurmi caste and her family was opposed to their marriage. She came away with the boy, who is from the Dhanu caste, to Ghaziabad where the two got married at a quiet ceremony at Vedic Hindu Sabha on July 16. The girl's family filed a case of kidnapping against the boy in Patna and allegedly threatened his family with dire consequences if she was not returned to them.
The husband called up the Human Rescue Team, supported and run by persons from the AIIMS, IITs, JNU and many other universities and groups across the country. “We couldn't stay in Patna. There was no opposition to the marriage on my husband's side. I knew my family was opposed to it, but I never thought things would come to this,” said the girl who sought the help of HRT. Her husband, who works for the Indian Army, is posted in Jodhpur and was in constant touch with HRT.
“We will approach the court first,” said Dr. Ashu Kumar, coordinator of the Human Rescue Team. His team alerted the local media in Patna and advised the girl to file a complaint at the Ghaziabad police station asking for protection.

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