Tribal woman disrobed, paraded in Dahod over suspected affair; 12 held

Dahod territory Superintendent of Police Dr Rajdeepsinh Zala told The Indian Express that the incidental occurred connected January 28 erstwhile the woman’s in-laws allegedly dragged her retired of a co-villager’s house, accusing her of having an extramarital matter successful her husband’s absence.

The absorption Congress and AAP, meanwhile, slammed the BJP authorities implicit the incidental and sought strict enactment against the culprits. Talking to reporters successful Gandhinagar, Gujarat Health Minister and authorities spokesperson highlighted that constabulary enactment had been initiated successful the lawsuit and the accused were “swiftly arrested”.

In disturbing videos of the incidental that person gone viral, a radical of women — each related to the pistillate — are seen assaulting, disrobing and dragging her connected the colony roads. Later, a fewer others articulation with bamboo sticks portion the pistillate is tied with a concatenation to a motorcycle and dragged connected the street. The pistillate is besides heard begging with the operator of a passing authorities transport bus: “Run maine over”.

Zala said that constabulary reached the colony and rescued the pistillate aft they were informed astir the incident. Zala told The Indian Express, “The accused are each in-laws of the woman. After rescuing her, we nabbed 12 radical — 4 women, 4 men and 4 CCLs. While the women are successful judicial custody, the men are successful constabulary remand for further probe and the CCLs were sent earlier Juvenile Justice Board. The juveniles had besides attacked her with bamboo sticks.”

The constabulary serviceman further added that the woman’s in-laws person accused her of being progressive successful an extramarital matter with a villager and had dragged her retired of the location to bring her backmost to their home.

Zala besides said, “Around 10 months ago, portion she had gone with her hubby to Rajkot arsenic a migrant labourer, helium suspected her of having an matter with a antheral from a ‘higher caste’. We person learnt during the probe that the hubby allegedly murdered the antheral implicit his suspicion, and is presently lodged successful Rajkot jail, awaiting proceedings … We person told the in-laws that they should person approached the household tribunal alternatively of taking instrumentality successful their ain hands.”

The pistillate has been sent for counselling and is besides being treated for her injuries, which are “not dangerous” successful nature, the serviceman added.

Zala added that the accused person been booked nether 11 sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita arsenic good arsenic the Information Technology Act for abduction, wrongful confinement, outraging modesty of a pistillate and battle with intent to disrobe. “Under IT Act provisions are laid down for punishment for intentional capture, publication, oregon transmission of backstage images without consent of the idiosyncratic arsenic good arsenic for filming a video of unit and making it viral. We person slapped the sections against the accused,” Zala said.

As per the FIR lodged Wednesday, the mob had been led by the woman’s father-in-law and brother-in-law, on with women relatives of the family. On being brought backmost to the “family home” successful the village, the father-in-law had allegedly locked her successful a country earlier the police, led by Deputy Superintendent (Jalod Division) D R Patel rescued her and nabbed the accused.