Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A viral video surfaced in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, in which a tribal woman was forced to carry her ex-husband's brother on her shoulders for living with another man and walk for three kilometres.
A video has been surfaced on social media showing a woman carrying her ex-husband's brother on her shoulders as villagers armed with sticks and cricket bats marched alongside," said Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajiv Mishra.
According to the woman she had separated from her husband by mutual consent and was in a relationship with another man.
However, last week members of her ex-husband’s family came to her home and humiliated her.
The video also shows that some even hit her with sticks when she slowed down.
The woman was alone in her house at the time of the incident as her husband has gone out for work.
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Meanwhile, the police have arrested four accused related to the case of viral video.
"The investigation was initiated regarding the viral video and a case has been registered and four accused have been arrested so far."
"The woman was being punished by her in-laws because she had left her first husband and has started living with another man. This is the regressive tradition being followed in the region," Mishra said.
"The matter is under investigation," he added.
Meanwhile, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has expressed anger over the incident. Taking to Twitter, he stated that the incident is extremely shameful and inhuman.
The Home affairs Minister Narottam Mishra meanwhile said that the police has been instructed to take proper action against the accussed.
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