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Jassi forms a desperate and dangerous plan to defy her family and join the young man she loves. so, was that just a scheme? >> kind of a scheme on her part to see him. to be with him. and then i guess to decide to be married. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card...

To agree to divorce jassi. otherwise, they would kill my whole family. >> apparently furious that mithu had ignored his threats, jassi's uncle decided to do something about it. he came to court here in the punjab and he charged mithu with kidnapping jassi and forcing her to marry him. and remember that notarized statement that the uncle had jassi sign, the one in punjabi that she couldn't read? well, that's what he gave to the court as proof. it says in part that jassi didn't love mithu. that the wedding took place at gunpoint. and she wanted the marriage dissolved. it essentially accuses mith...

Young bride, jassi sidhu, married an indian man, whom her family refused to accept. she was murdered three months later. indian police charged 13 people, including her mother and uncle, who live in canada. in 2004, mithu, the groom, was thrown in jail. he was charged with raping a girl. he claimed he was framed by jassi's family. this chaotic scene on the grounds of the principal courthouse in the punjab's largest city may help to explain the painfully slow progress of indian justice. lawyers conferring outside with clients, preparing their cases much as they would have a

Jassi's uncle and her mother had promised them $50,000 -- a fortune in the punjab -- to kill mithu and kidnap jassi. but for inspector singh, it was what happened here, inside this farmhouse on the night of june the 8th, that was the final piece of the puzzle. he says that according to the confessions he extracted, jassi was dragged up to this room, where she was put on a cellular telephone. for five years she had been caught between two worlds. that night, they collided. ancient tradition and modern values. family honor and romantic love. and now, the sword and the cell phone. at the other en...

For the time being, at least, the clandestine marriage would have to be a secret. and with good reason. she was now on a collision course with hundreds of years of tradition. modern versus ancient. young versus old. east versus west. in a community where tradition is so important, her family was more conservative than most. by marrying mithu, she had dishonored them. >> the women are the honor because she's the one who goes to the other family, and she takes her name of her parents. so, you are always carrying somebody's honor. >> and vijay singhera should know. when she was jassi's age, she m...