Suri (WB) A 15-year-old tribal girl, who was forced to parade naked through villages in Birbhum district for daring to fall in love with a boy from another community, has been nominated for the National Bravery Award.
Birbhum District Magistrate Soumitra Mohan said that he had received a letter from the Indian Council for Child Welfare nominating the girl, who had mustered courage to file a police complaint against her tormentors, for the award.
"We had recommended her name as she showed exemplary courage to expose the culprits who had also threatened her if she went to the police," Mohan said.
"Despite her parents not wanting to lodge a complaint because they feared a social boycott and knowing what could lie in store for her, the girl scraped courage to identify her tormentors at a police identification parade," he said.
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