Dhar: A video of more than half-a-dozen men thrashing a woman on a road has gone viral in Dhar. The video went viral at a time when the Dhar police is probing Manawar mob lynching case in which a farmer was killed and five others seriously injured.
Taking cognizance of the viral video, Dhar SP Aditya Pratap Singh on Tuesday ordered arrest of people seen in the video. Acting on his directive, the police have arrested six people who featured in the viral video.
According to information, the incident took place in Bheel Talwada village under Nalcha police station limit about two months back. However, the video of the incident went viral a few days back.
So far no FIR has been registered in the matter. During investigation it was found that the victim was forcibly married to a man. After marriage, she was forced to move to Gujarat along with her husband for work. As she didn’t want to go leave the native place, she returned to her parental home.
Upset over the act, her husband and his family members came to her place and asked her to come along with them. As she refused to follow their orders, they started beating her.
They dragged her on the road by hair and started beating her with sticks and slippers. Victim started begging in front of them and sought villagers help. However, no one came to her rescue. Instead, many recorded the entire incident in their phone camera.
After the recent Manawar lynching incident, someone from the villager circulated to video in WhatsApp groups and subsequently reached Dhar SP.
Contacted, Singh said that investigation was already underway. However, no FIR has been registered so far in this connection.
