The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi police to protect a 23-year-old Dalit woman and her family who fled Baghpat in U.P. after a khap panchayat condemned her and her sister to be raped and paraded naked as punishment for their brother’s elopement with a married, dominant caste woman.
The woman, represented by lawyer Rebecca John, had moved the court against the khap panchayat’s ire.