It is a matter of utter shame and deep concern that young women who have completed the statutory age of 18 are being declared “dead” by their parents by way of performing their “Sudhikriya” (death rituals) because they dared to have their love marriage against their parents
Marrying her lover against the will of her parents cost a girl dear as she was disowned by her family members and also her last rites were performed by them though she is alive.
Such a case occurred in Nuabazar of the Aul police limits recently. Upset over the love marriage of their daughter