#ReportingToRemember the Khap Panchayat of Kaithal, Haryana for harassing, blaming and forcing a Dalit survivor of gang-rape to alter her testimony.

On March 10, 2015, a 30-year-old Dalit woman from the Kaithal district in Haryana, was gang-raped by six men of the Jat caste. She filed an FIR on the same day and on March 28, the police filed charges including rape, kidnapping, and assault under the Prevention of Atrocities Act. The trial was delayed because the forensic results  needed time.  The victim and her family began to face harassment and victim blame from the Khap Panchayat. In this case, the law was being followed by the police and justice could have been served. However, the victim blaming tactics of intimidation were used by the dominant caste men to force the victim and her family to turn into a hostile witness in court. She altered her testimony, thus leading to the acquittal of the accused. Soon after, the victim and her family left the village.