A woman was arrested in Haryana’s Narnaul on Saturday after a video in which she is seen thrashing her 80-year-old ailing mother-in-law had gone viral on social media.
The act was captured on a mobile phone by a girl who is the neighbour of the victim residing in Niwaz Nagar village in Mahendragarh district’s Narnaul.
“A case has been registered and the accused has been arrested, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal tweeted.
He tagged the video that depicts inhuman treatment meted out to the elderly woman, who was lying on a cot in a courtyard.
Manohar Lal described the incident as "deplorable and condemnable", saying such behaviour should not be tolerated in a civilised society.
In the video, the victim identified as Chand Bai is seen sitting on a cot while her daughter-in-law Kanta Devi pushes her forcefully and pulls her hair.
Kanta Devi was arrested on Saturday morning and has been charged with section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
A widow, Chand Bai’s husband was an Assistant Sub Inspector in the Border Security Force. She gets pension from the government, said police The accused could not take care of the old woman and considered her to be a burden. That is why she assaulted her, they said.