Khargone (Madhya Pradesh): Barely 48-hour after Dewas incident where one tribal woman was forced to carry her husband on her shoulders for having an extra-marital affair, another similar video stormed on social media in Khargone district.
In the video, a woman was forced to carry her husband on shoulder by her in-law’s family members after bashing her brutally. Though the matter was reported on July 2, it came to fore nearly four-day later after the video went viral on the social media, police said.
Khargone police arrested five persons in this connection on Tuesday late evening.
Those who were arrested were identified as Magan Manasya (Husband of the woman), Cashia Soyla Bhatnagar, Thawaria Lalsingh Mandloi, Kalu Chhabra and Nurla Falya, said Khargone SP Dharamveer Singh Yadav. SP Yadav added that on receiving the information, the Unn police station in charge reached the spot and began investigation into the matter.
According to information, the matter was reported in Keli village under Unn police station limits. During preliminary investigation it was revealed that a 42-year-old woman, mother of two left her in-laws about five-month back and came to her parental place. Nonetheless, instead of staying along with her brothers, she starts staying at her paternal uncle’s place. On July 2, her in-laws' family members came to her paternal uncle’s place. They first bashed her uncle and later dragged her out of the house and forced her to carry her husband on shoulder as punishment.
Villagers say that the woman was married in Nalgwadi village of Barwani district. Couple often involved in arguments over petty issues and her husband beat her. Being upset over this, she left her in-laws' house and started living with uncle in her maternal house. Woman’s uncle said that he does not have any children and five-month back his niece came to the house. As he always treats her niece as his daughter, he allows her to stay at her home.
Meanwhile, on July 2, Magan Manasya and others came to his place and beat both of them. The woman's uncle is admitted to the district hospital due to multiple injuries.
