Dalit boy, Muslim girl and a Thakur panchayat : How forbidden love rocked this UP village

The girl claims to have eloped of her own will, but the families remain divided as caste equations trump young love in Bulandshahr’s Sonda Habibpur. A Dalit man claims to be running for his life in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, after his son’s decision to elope with a local Muslim girl allegedly put him on the radar of his upper caste neighbours. Shri Krishna’s 21-year-old son Shivkumar is believed to have run away with their neighbour Razia, 18, in June, but divergent narratives have since hijacked the aftermath as both sides trade accusations of harassment. SUBSCRIBE to our Channel - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia/