Friday, June 10, 2016

Indian bride ‘burnt alive by husband’s family because her skin was too dark’

An Indian woman was allegedly set on fire and killed by her husband’s family because she was too dark-skinned and they wanted him to remarry a fairer bride.

According to a report in the Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph, Somera Bibi’s in-laws had insisted on a large payment of 100,000 rupees (£1,000) and farmland when the pair first wed to “compensate” for her dark skin colour.

They had since been extorting more money from Mrs Bibi’s family to continue with the marriage ever since, the victim’s family alleged.

On her deathbed, Mrs Bibi, 22, reportedly told police in West Bengal she had been attacked for finally protesting against the treatment of her family, who had been forced to cough up a further 250,000 rupees since the wedding and were now broke. Full story...

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