Reports continue to surface of young women in India being brutally assaulted as their extended family allegedly turn on them over things as trivial as their clothes choices.
Neha Paswan, 17, died last week after allegedly being beaten to death by members of her extended family in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The attack, which involved Neha being beaten with sticks, allegedly started because her grandfather and uncles did not like her wearing jeans.
Speaking to the BBC, her mum Shakuntala Devi Paswan said Neha was wearing jeans at home to perform a religious ritual when the argument started.
“She had kept a day-long religious fast. In the evening, she put on a pair of jeans and a top and performed her rituals. When her grandparents objected to her attire, Neha retorted that jeans were made to be worn and that she would wear it,” Ms Paswan told the publication.
17-year-old Neha Paswan was allegedly killed by relatives because they didn't like her wearing jeans – just one among many cases of violence against women – often sanctioned by family elders – in a society steeped in patriarchy@geetapandeyBBChttps://t.co/fGXNGf1aNT
— BBC News India (@BBCIndia) July 27, 2021
