(MENAFN- Arab Times) Uttar Pradesh, India Mar. 23 : A 25-year-old woman was beaten mercilessly by her husband for allegedly eloping with another man. What is more shocking is the fact that the incident took place after a panchayat verdict allowed him to do so.
The incident reportedly took place on March 10 in Longa village of Syana region of Bulandshahr but came to light after the FIR was filed against seven named and dozen unknown men after the video of the incident went viral on Thursday. The police have arrested three people in connection with the case.
According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Praveen Ranjan Singh, 'We have arrested the woman's husband, former panchayat head and his son in the matter after a video clip of the incident was widely circulated on social media. In order to teach her a lesson the panchayat took this step.'
'We have also registered a case against 18 people including 12 unidentified persons after the video of the incident went viral on social media,' Singh added.
The video clip, shot on a mobile phone, shows the woman's hands tied to an overhead branch of a tree and repeatedly hit with what appeared to look like a leather belt.
The woman was heard groaning and screaming after each hit.
The video also shows a large crowd of men witnessing the incident, but none came forward to help her
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