Exposed Love, Endangered Life: Dalit Woman in Hiding After Relationship Revealed

A young Dalit woman, Sandhya BK, from Nepal now lives in hiding after her relationship with a Christian man from India was discovered by her family and community. What followed was not just judgment—but real, credible threats to her life.

After their relationship became known, her parents faced coercion from religious and community leaders. To protect themselves, they were forced to disown their daughter. But the threats did not stop there. Members of both Hindu and Christian extremist groups, and politically connected individuals, began issuing direct death threats against her—vowing she would be killed if she ever returns to Nepal.

Despite a police complaint filed on her behalf, no protection was provided. The inaction by authorities reflects a broader reality in Nepal where Dalit women who cross cultural lines—especially in love—remain completely unprotected and at high risk of honour-based violence.

Her case is not just one woman’s story, but a mirror of countless others across Nepal whose lives are threatened for making independent choices about love, caste, and religion.