 A 55-year-old Dalit Sikh woman, Sawinder Kaur has been tortured, stripped and tied to a tree in Ram Duali village of Punjab because her nephew eloped with a girl from the same community.The police arrested four persons for allegedly committing the crime on 9 September 2007.This incident was a consequence of rivalry for domination between upper caste Bhumihars backward caste Koeris and Kurmis.