female, 32 years old Mandeep Kauralso sent several videos to his family for some time, which were captured on CCTV, they were documented domestic violence She was subordinate. The mother of two girls, she was allegedly tortured for “not being able to have a male child” and for bringing in an inadequate dowry.
In an unverified video shared widely on social media, her husband, Ranjodhbir Singh can be seen thrashing her while their two young daughters are shouting in the background, “Papa, don’t kill mama nu (Dad, please don’t hit Mom)”.
In one of the last clips she sent to her family in India, Kaur said, “My husband repeatedly attacks me. He has illicit relations with many women… (my father) has filed a case against him in India. Police had registered a case. But he begged and asked me to save him… and I did. At first I thought he would mend his ways, but the atrocities kept on increasing. I can’t bear it anymore. I myself going to kill me… forgive me, papa”.
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This video caused anger in both America and India. This was widely shared by the Kaur Movement, an organization that works for victims of sexual and domestic abuse, primarily focusing on the Sikh community. Soon, there were online campaigns demanding ‘Justice for Mandeep’ and the hashtag was trending on Twitter.
Kaur, a resident of Bijnor’s Taharpur village, and Singh from neighboring Badiya got married in 2015 – both families are engaged in farming – before moving to New York in 2018. Once there, Singh started a transportation business in Richmond. Kaur was staying there on a tourist visa; It is not clear on which visa Singh was on. He committed suicide by hanging himself on August 1.
After the incident, Kaur’s family lodged an FIR in Bijnor. SHO Ravindra Singh Verma said, ‘Police have registered a case against the father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the accused under sections 498A (cruelty), 306 (abetment). suicidal), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 342 (wrongful confinement) sections of the IPC and the Dowry Prevention Act. A case has been registered based on the complaint of the victim’s father.
A separate case was registered against Singh in New York and he has been arrested there. The complaint filed by Kaur’s father said, “Soon after my daughter’s marriage, Ranjodhbir and his family members started demanding Rs 25 lakh in dowry. When I could not fulfill their demand, he Started harassing my daughter. Talks were held several times to sort things out. Outside but the atrocities didn’t stop”.
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