Fined ₹40L by khap panchayat for not giving land to inlaws: Rajasthan woman
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Fined ₹40L by khap panchayat for not giving land to inlaws: Rajasthan woman

Hindustan Times  

A khap panchayat, an unelected council of village elders, has imposed a fine of ₹40 lakh on an 80-year-old woman for refusing to transfer her 12 bighas of land in the name of her in-laws in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. Bhilwara superintendent of police Vikas Sharma said the woman, Jhamku Devi, has alleged in her complaint the the khap panchayat has also boycotted her. Devi’s son passed away years ago, and her husband also died four years back. She moved in with her daughter, at which, her daughter’s family has also been allegedly boycotted and the fine imposed on her, she told police.

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