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| Father-in-law rapes Assam girl, Islamic clerics issue divorce |
| 2005-07-09 |
| a 19-year old woman in Nagaon district of Assam has been directed by a local jamait to divorce her husband after she complained that she was raped by her father-in-law. The family, who are Bangladeshi immigrants, did not inform the police about the rape, but went to local religious elders who gave the decree that she divorce her husband, he said. |
| Posted by:john |
| #2 went to local religious elders who gave the decree that she divorce her husband Well now! Ain't that right nice of them to do that! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-09 17:36 |
| #1 Sounds like this sort of thing is pretty common in that part of the |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-09 09:37 |