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India's Black Dahlia type murder
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by lalmalsawm | July 16, 2007 at 06:34 am
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::By Robert L. Sungte::
They may not have heard the story or seen the film on the infamous murder story of Hollywood aspirant Elizabeth Short's "Black Dahlia", but three people in the Central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh were reportedly caught on charges of committing a Dahlia's type " cruesome murder" of a woman.
Moshina Akhtak, a young woman from Muzzfarnagar had elloped with her lover Taufiq despite opposition from her family. Upon failing to convince her to give up her man, her family, according to police sources, conceive a plan to bring her back to her home by agreeing to give the couple a "good marriage."
Unaware of the plot Moshina returned to her home waiting to be betroth in a "proper manner" with all the customary rituals. But fate has different plan for her, her family took her to her unlcle' s house where she waas killed "brutally" said a police official.
The policeman who was on night patrol rode pass three people carrying a bag. When the three saw the police patrol they ran leaving behind the sack. When the police opened the sack they were "horrified" by what they saw. The fully dismembered body of Moshina was packed inside the sack. Inside the sack police found beside the body parts a chopper and an axe, which had apparently been used to hack the body.
The three has confessed to the crime and the police has registerd a case against them. On further interrogation, they said they tried to convince her for the final time to give up her lover who belongs to a different caste. But Moshina remains committed to her lover. So, with the help of the village panchayat they decided to take her life "to safe the family honour."
It maybe mentioned that more than 20 honour killings have been reported across India last year. In India where traditional feudal bond and honour is still highly valued, officials found it difficult to prevent such crime. Far away from the neo-liberal urban centres, inter-caste marriage in many parts of rural India is still strictly, a no-no.
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at 06:52 on July 16th, 2007
lalmalsawm, damn the missing corraboratory confirmation, this is a fine story. I can find no evidence of any Moshina Akhtak online, but this could simply be a consequence of the way the Hindi name has been anglicised. The only aspect of this story that gives me pause is the absence of any photographic evidence - even a photo of the village where Moshina lived and died.
As well as this story "ringing true", the author has ended it with a short description of honour killings.
Btw, Vancouver may have its latest episode of an honour killing: see here.
One last point: lalmalsawm, are you in fact Robert L. Sungte?
at 00:53 on July 17th, 2007
Hi Actual News Guy,
Yes,that's my real name. the user name that I use is my middle name.
Robert
at 06:58 on July 16th, 2007
Honor killings do not just happen in eastern countries - they afflict every patriarchal society. In the west, we call them murders of passion, or of jealousy. But they are in fact the same thing.
at 07:17 on July 16th, 2007
Well done, Mr. Sungte. The storytelling here is great- it really makes the case seem three-dimensional. Still, I'd like to see a link/reference to the source of the story.
at 15:28 on May 27th, 2009
this is really not shown. i think if that your looking for the right information then you shouldn't come to this website at all. it doesnt give you any good fact, no good pictures, and it dont even tell about the full murder or why it even happened.
its just freakin lame!!! (thats my opinion, so stop sweatin bout my comment.)