Funeral held for girl for marrying non-Hindu at Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur

Anamika Dubey is still alive but her parents conducted funeral rites for her as per Hindu customs for marrying a non-Hindu. The last rites were held on the banks of the Narmada river in front of a garlanded photo of their daughter. Anamika changed her name to Uzma Fatima after marrying against the wishes of her parents and brother.

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) : A family conducted funeral rites for their daughter though she was still alive. The incident took place in the Amkhera locality of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Parents performed the last rites for their daughter named Anamika Dubey for marrying a non-Hindu person. As the girl went ahead with her marriage, her family members offered 'pind daan' (funeral rites) at Gaurighat on the banks of the Narmada river on Sunday.

Despite the persuasion by the relatives, the girl did not agree and went to court and got married to a person of another religion in front of the magistrate. On June 7, following Muslim customs, Anamika Dubey changed her name to Uzma Fatima. Then her parents and other family members gathered at Gaurighat and conducted funeral rites in the presence of their relatives.

Angered by the decision of Anamika Dubey, her family members initially abandoned her. Later, they performed the last rites. A condolence card was also printed on her demise, which was sent to their acquaintances and relatives and invited them to participate in the 'Pind Daan Sanskar' organized on the banks of the Narmada River.

On Sunday, at Gaurighat on the banks of the Narmada, the family members performed the rites of Pinddaan with complete rituals. Relatives said that they had brought up their daughter Anamika with great affection, but she had defamed the whole family by marrying a non-religion youth. As a result, they thought that there was no meaning for them to consider their daughter to be alive anymore.

Girl's brother Abhishek Dubey said that he had dreams for his sister's marriage but her stubbornness broke all their family aspirations. "I never thought that I would have to see such days that I would have to do Pind Daan even while I was alive," he said.