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Man chops off daughter's ...

  • Man chops off daughter's ... Police in the northern India state of Rajasthan say they were stunned when a man showed up at a police outpost holding a bloody human head in one hand and a sword in another.The head was that of the man's daughter, chopped off because of her "indecent behavior," Manju Kunwar, was in her 20s and was living with her parents after divorcing her husband two years ago. Her father accused her of acting indecently with other men. Thomas Reuters Foundation cited abuse, killings and discrimination on a scale unparalleled in the other developed nations. this case highlights another side of India, one in which women still suffer the consequences of long-held traditions that govern their behavior in Indian society.Kunwar's head and the rest of her body were cremated according to Hindu tradition,