A 23-year-old married woman in Bokaro district was allegedly beaten up and paraded by her community members over an illicit relationship with a village man.
According to police in-Charge of Kathara OP, B.P. Singh, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly beaten up and paraded half-naked by the members of the Mahila Samittee of her community for being in love with a man from another at Chapi village under Kathara police station Jharkhand's Bokaro district here on Friday evening.
A video of the incident, which took place on Friday, surfaced on social media on Saturday. ASP, Anjani Anjan,Bermo took cognisance of the incident and issued a notice to the police station, asking them to have the matter probed and send the panel a detailed report.
An ASP also spoke to the Tenughat police officials and asked them to ensure safety of the woman while seeking an expeditious probe into the matter. The police was informed that no one person could have been taken into custody in this matter and the police is searching for miscreants, the statement said. The village panchayat representative, on the condition of anonymity, said that a woman far away reached the victim's house on Friday evening with her husband and accusing her of having a relationship with her husband.
Later 23 year old woman hands were tied with rope, hair was cut and a garland of slippers was put on and roamed the entire village. The women of the village together carried out all these incidents. While the male class remained spectacled, said village representative. Sources said that when police arrived, stone pelting was done: Tenughat OP police reached as soon as the woman was aware of the excess. Some people also said that seeing the situation uncontrolled, the police had to prepare for aerial firing. After this, Bermo ASP Anjani Anjan sent women's force, then brought the woman to the police station barely free from the occupation of the women's Mahila Samitee.
Tenughat OP in-charge B.P. Singh said that at night the woman was taken to Community Health Center Gomia for her treatment. The woman has not yet filed a complaint against anyone.