Bhopal: A 19-year-old tribal girl was thrashed and paraded by her family for eloping with a man from a different tribe in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district. The matter came to the fore after a video of the incident started circulating on WhatsApp showing male members of the woman’s family punishing her.
The 1 minute 42 seconds long video, shot with a cellphone possibly by one of her tormentors, shows the woman being made to walk down a village road and beaten with sticks while she screams and begs for mercy.
The girl is flogged endlessly as she keeps on walking fast on the road in a bid to save herself from the men beating her.
“We got the video through WhatsApp. Few villagers told us that this video was shot in Temachi village which comes under Ambua police station. We have not received any complaint. Only after statements of the woman and her father are recorded, will the police be able to take any further action in the matter,” Vipul Shrivastava, the Superintendent of Police of Alirajpur, said.