Woman killed after refusing ***
Tripla was born in the jungles of eastern India. But she died hundreds
of miles from home, in the scrubby fields around Delhi, murdered by her
husband because she refused to have *** with his brother.
She was born into a penniless family. So when a man came looking for a
wife and offered £170 for her, her parents accepted.
She never saw her home or her family again. Her husband took her to his
village in Mewat district, an hour's drive from Delhi. There is a
shortage of women in the area, because of the practice of female
foeticide.
They lived together as husband and wife for six months. Then Ajmer
ordered her to sleep with his brother, who could not afford a wife.
When Tripla refused, Ajmer dragged her to a field near the village and
beheaded her with a sickle.
Tripla's story was uncovered by Ri**** Kant, a women's rights campaigner.
When he told her parents in Jharkhand what had happened, her mother
wept. "But what could we do?" she asked him. "We are facing so much
poverty we had no choice but to sell her." Her husband is now facing
trial for murder. Hers is one case among thousands. Every week, in the
villages of Mewat alone, Mr Kant rescues more women who have been bought
as wives and face lives of abuse.
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