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Bihar village bans jeans, T-shirt for girls
Monday February 11, 2013 03:05:20 PM,
IANS
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Patna: After three of
its girls went missing, a village in Bihar's Siwan district has
barred girls from using mobile phones and wearing jeans and
T-shirts, an official said Monday.
The villagers also imposed heavy fines on girls if they violated
the diktat.
The ban was imposed Sunday by self-styled social reformers of
Makhnupur village under Pachrukhi police station in Siwan
district, 150 km from here.
The decision was taken after three girls - including two cousins -
went missing last week. They are yet to be traced.
"A group of villagers issued an order to impose a fine of
Rs.10,000 if a girl is found anymore using a mobile phone or
wearing jeans and a T-shirt outside her house," a local police
official said.
An 11-member committee has been formed to implement the ban.
"Mobile phones, jeans and T-shirts are the cause of all evil in
our society, including increasing love affairs and elopement,"
said Satyender Sharma, a villager.
In the last three months, nearly half a dozen village panchayats
across the state have banned girls and women from using mobile
phones and ordered them not to wear provocative clothes.
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