JABALPUR: In a shocking turn of events, a family in Madhya Pradesh performed post-death rituals for their living daughter, who โbrought them disgraceโ by marrying a Muslim man. The angered family stated that they conducted โpind daanโ and โmrityu bhojโ (feast held after a personโs demise) to publicly proclaim that the woman was dead to them.
On Sunday, in the presence of locals and members of Hindu organizations, the womanโs mother, father, and brother symbolically performed the last rites along the serene banks of the Narmada River. The woman had recently married her Muslim partner, which triggered a backlash from her family, who expressed their dismay and claimed to have been kept in the dark about the court wedding.
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Her grief-stricken and bewildered father lamented the turn of events, saying, โShe was the youngest in our family. We had envisioned celebrating her marriage joyfully, performing the sacred wedding rituals.โ He continued, โHowever, now we find ourselves performing her funeral rites. Today, my daughter is dead. Another life lost to the alleged menace of love jihad.โ
Speaking to the media, the mother stated, โShe has died for us.โ She expressed that her daughter had brought shame upon the entire family. Despite their attempts to reason with her, the girl remained defiant, even falsely claiming that her family had arranged the marriage.
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Prior to the televised rituals, the family circulated a condolence message on social media, which quickly went viral, eliciting both sympathy and criticism. In the message, the family referred to the woman as a โdisgraced daughterโ and suggested her destined path to hell.
While some praised the family, arguing that women marrying Muslim men often face mistreatment, coercion for conversion, and even death if they resist, others defended the woman, asserting that every family should be open to welcoming their members regardless of the severity of their mistakes.
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