https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2008_Murshidabad_murder2008 Murshidabad murder - Revision history2026-08-01T18:03:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=2008_Murshidabad_murder&diff=392086&oldid=prevMetaBOT at 17:03, 8 July 20232023-07-08T17:03:41Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{POV|date=August 2014}}<br />
{{Violence against Hindus in independent India}}<br />
{{EngvarB|date=April 2017}} <br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}<br />
The '''2008 Murshibad murder''' was the beheading of Shailendra Prasad, a [[Hindu]] labourer from [[Bihar]] for marrying Munira Bibi a [[Muslim]] girl from [[West Bengal]], on the orders of a ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}'' court in [[Murshidabad]] on 14 July 2008.<ref name="tt1">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080801/jsp/frontpage/story_9631281.jsp |title=Kangaroo court executes husband |publisher=The Telegraph |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref name="tt2">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080801/jsp/bengal/story_9631273.jsp |title=Courts outside pale of law |publisher=The Telegraph |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref name="tt3">{{cite news |first=Samim |last=Ahmed |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080819/jsp/opinion/story_9704267.jsp |title=RULE OF FAITH IN MATTERS OF THE HEART |publisher=The Telegraph |date=August 19, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref name="outlook1">{{cite news |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?594712 |title=Kangaroo court 'executes' man for marrying outside religion |publisher=Outlook |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=New Delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330165806/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?594712 |archive-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="aa31072008">{{cite news|title=Youth killed for marrying Muslim|last=Brahmachari|first=Pranmoy|date=31 July 2008|work=The Asian Age}}</ref> Munira Bibi, the widow of the victim, eventually regretted her ill-fated visit to her parental home where she lost her husband.<ref name="tt4">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080802/jsp/siliguri/story_9635970.jsp |title=25-yr-old widow regrets trip |publisher=The Telegraph |date=August 2, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
Shailendra Prasad, a native of [[Bihar]], worked as a labourer in [[Mumbai]], where Munira worked as a maid servant. They fell in love and married in 2001. Munira came from an orthodox village, where a ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}'' court had fined her father Ansari Sheikh a sum of two hundred rupees for sending his daughter to work in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="tt1"/><br />
<br />
== Trial and execution ==<br />
The couple visited Lakshmanpur again in July 2006, this time with their ten-month-old son. As on the previous occasion, Shailendra had to assume the identity of Munna Sheikh to escape the wrath of the orthodox villagers. His father-in-law Ansari Sheikh, however, noticed that he did not offer his Friday prayers, nor responded spontaneously to greetings.<ref name="tt3"/> On 14 July, Ansari Sheikh overheard a muttering from Shailendra during a religious ritual, that was a dead giveaway of his religion and informed the village elders his suspicion in the afternoon. A ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}'' court was convened on the grounds of the village primary school that evening by the village elders. At the court, Shailendra was forcibly disrobed to check his religious identity and when he was found [[Circumcision|uncircumcised]] he was beaten up severely. Twenty-two political and religious leaders of the ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}'' court, along with Ansari Sheikh, pronounced Shailendra guilty of marrying a [[Muslim]] girl and awarded him the death sentence. His hands and feet were tied up. He was gagged and taken to a nearby jute field, where his throat was slit by four executioners.<br />
<br />
As Shailendra Prasad went missing from the night of 14 July, his wife Munira Bibi believed that he had fled to [[Mumbai]]. Her father had kept everything from her mother and brother. On 27 July, when Munira learned of her husband's fate from other villagers she accompanied her mother and brother to the Berhampore police station to lodge a formal complaint. The police had already discovered the beheaded body of an unidentified man inside a gunny bag lying in the jute fields ten days before on 17 July. On 28 July, the police raided the village and arrested three persons who presided over the ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}''. The rest of the villagers who took part in the ''{{transl|bn|shalishi}}'' and Ansari Sheikh fled the village. On 1 August, a large police force led by the additional{{clarify|date=March 2013}} Superintendent of Police Debashis Bej raided the village of Lakshmanpur and detained 26 villagers for interrogation.<br />
<br />
Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakrabarti promised to take the strictest possible action against the culprits.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{#seo:<br />
|keywords=Crime in West Bengal, Deaths by decapitation, Honor killing victims, Honour killing in India, Islam-related controversies, Islam-related controversies in Asia, July 2008 events in Asia, Murshidabad district, Violence against men in Asia<br />
|description=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:2008 in India|Murshidabad Beheading, 2008]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths by decapitation]]<br />
[[Category:Honor killing victims]]<br />
[[Category:Honour killing in India]]<br />
[[Category:Islam-related controversies]]<br />
[[Category:Islam-related controversies in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:July 2008 events in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Murshidabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Violence against men in Asia]]</div>MetaBOT