The death penalty for an Indian man who burned a living wife over skin color

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The trial in India gave the death penalty to the man for burning his wife for skin color.

In his statements, before Lakshmi’s death, he said that her husband Kisanda “mocked her for dark skin.”

District Jalga Rahul Chudhari in the northern city of Udaipur explained the death penalty saying that the murder was in the category of “rare”, and it was a “crime against humanity.”

Kisanda’s lawyer said the BBC that his client was innocent and that they would turn to the order.

The murder of Lakshmi eight years ago and the court decision on the weekends spoke with headlines in the country where the public obsession with Kalurism is well documented.

The attack on Lakshmi took place on the night of June 24, 2017, according to a court ruling, which Barbit was seen.

Quotes of the court decision from the statements she gave before her death, doctors and executive magistrate.

Lakshmi said her husband often called her “if” or dark skin, and her body was ashamed after her marriage in 2016.

That night, when she died, Kisanda brought a plastic bottle with brown liquid – said it was a medicine to make her skin fair.

According to statements, he applied the fluid to her body, and when she complained that it smelled of acid, he set it on fire. When her body began to burn, it poured the rest of the liquid and escaped.

Kisand’s parents and sister took her to the hospital where she later died.

“It will not be an exaggeration to say that this is a brutal crime that caused the heart not only against Lakshmi, but also a crime against humanity,” Judge Chudhar said in his order.

He said Kisanda “broke confidence” and showed “excessive cruelty in the abandonment of the remaining liquid on it” while she was burning.

“This is a crime that shocks the conscience of humanity, which cannot even be imagined in a healthy and civilized society,” the order added.

Prosecutor Dinesh Pavale called the historical order and said the BBC that he hoped it would be a “lesson for others in society.”

“The young woman in the early 20’s was hammered. he said.

Mr. Pural said he had sent an order to the Supreme Court to confirm the death sentence, but added that the convicted person was 30 days to appeal.

Kisanda Surendra’s lawyer Kumar Menaria told the BBC that Lakshmi’s death was accidental, and there was no evidence against his client.

Udepur’s court ruling again put attention to India’s unhealthy preference for fair skin.

Girls and women with darker skin tones are called humiliating names and are discriminated against; And skin lighting products create for a large business, earning billions of profits.

In the marriage columns, the skin color is almost always emphasized, and the brides, which are lighter, more in demand.

BBC in the past reported the cases suicide women What were backed up with husbands for “dark complexion”.

In recent years, the companies have challenged a wide idea of ​​what is right, but they say that it is not just confronting deeply secured prejudice.

Until this changes, such discriminatory relations will continue to destroy life.