Girl, 17, 'beaten to death by relatives and hung from a bridge' for wearing ...
Girl, 17, ‘beaten to death by relatives and hung from a bridge’ for wearing jeans during a religious ritual in India Indian teen Neha Paswan was beaten to death by her grandfather and her uncles Paswan, 17, was found hanging from a bridge in northern state of Uttar Pradesh Her family had frequently complained of her her 'inappropriate' western clothes
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An Indian teenager was killed by members of her family and then hung from a bridge because she wore jeans, it has been claimed.
Neha Paswan, 17, was allegedly beaten to death by her grandfather and uncles after she refused to change out of jeans and into traditional clothing during a religious festival.
Her body was found hanging from a nearby bridge in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh the next morning.
Her mother Shakuntala Devi Paswan told the BBC: 'She had kept a day-long religious fast. In the evening, she put on a pair of jeans and a top and performed her rituals.
'When her grandparents objected to her attire, Neha retorted that jeans were made to be worn and that she would wear it.'
