India Caste System Has Fatal Ramifications in Atlanta

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<p>Businessman Chiman Rai, a native of India, received a life sentence from an Atlanta jury for the Murder-for-hire of his daughter-in-law. Rai allegedly hired a hitman because of the perceived shame that his son’s marriage to an African-American woman would bring upon his family.</p>

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<p>Is the story supposed to be buried in that link somewhere? I couldn’t find it.</p>

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<p>Sounds more like an ‘honor killing’ than a ‘ramification of the caste system’.</p>

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<p>[Chiman</a> Rai gets life for contract killing | ajc.com](<a href=“http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2008/06/27/sparkle_rai_contract_killing.html]Chiman”>http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2008/06/27/sparkle_rai_contract_killing.html) Search engine!</p>

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<p>The caste system that condemns dark complexion Indians to subordinate status.</p>