Why in the news ?

• Three youths from the Kanjarbhat community were beaten by members of their community’s ‘caste panchayat’ in the Pimpri-Chinchvad area of pune for speaking out against the practice of conducting a bridal ‘virginity test’.

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• A caste tribunal of the Kanjarbhat community assembled after a community marriage, where the ‘elders’ decreed that the bride had to take a virginity test.
• A number of panchayat members also vented their ire against the person and his friends, who were present, for their campaign on social media speaking out against such practices.
• In December last year, several progressive youngsters of the community, created a WhatsApp group ‘Stop the V-Ritual’ which elicited enthusiastic response.
• The regressive practice of a bridal ‘virginity test’ is rife within the Kanjarbhat community and is forcibly imposed through the diktats of illegal caste tribunals.

Source

·         The Hindu.