Panchayat officials booked for threatening newlywed couple



Safety: The couple, fearing the wrath of the panchayat, did not return to the village but sent the marriage registration certificate to the police

The Rohtak Police on Monday booked the office bearers of Sinhpura Khurd panchayat in Haryana for summoning a couple who recently eloped from their villages and got married in Delhi.



The panchayat had asked the couple to appear before it, failing which their families would be isolated from the village.

According to the police, the case was registered against Narender, Karan Singh, Banni Singh, Ramkishan and other members on the basis of the complaint filed by Bimla, the boy's mother.



"We have registered a case against the officer bearers and have booked them under various section of IPC," Pushpa Khatri, DSP, Rohtak said.



The security of the parents as well as the relatives of the couple has also been enhanced since the registration of a case irked the villagers.



The parents of Ravinder, a Jat who married a backward class girl from a nearby Gaddi Khedi village, had asked the police to provide security to the couple as they fear a threat to their lives.



The couple had eloped on September 15 and later got married in an Aryasamaj temple in New Delhi on October 1.



The couple, fearing the wrath of the panchayat, did not return to the village but sent their marriage registration certificate to the police.

