Via Daily Mail:
The self-styled guardians of morality and social values in India are getting more brazen day-by-day.
In a Talibani diktat slapping several restrictions on women, a village panchayat in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh — around 40 km from the national Capital — banned girls from using mobile phones when out on roads and women less than 40 years old from going out shopping.
The panchayat of Asara village also banned love marriages and ordered girls to cover their heads while stepping out of their houses.
The decisions were taken by the panchayat in February this year. It met on Wednesday to ensure strict enforcement of its decisions.
‘We noticed that some girls and their parents were not taking our order seriously. So, we held a meeting on Wednesday in which we resolved that those who defy the order would be first ostracised and then expelled from the village. There are other ways also to make them follow the instructions. But that would be decided when such a situation arises,’ Mohammed Mohkam (50), a member of the panchayat, said.