Woman Forced To Walk With In-Laws on Shoulder
A tribal woman was forced to carry a member of her husband's family on her shoulders and walk for three kilometres in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district.
A video of an incident from Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district went viral online. The video shows a woman carrying a person on her shoulders and other villagers armed with sticks and cricket bats marched alongside. Some of them were grinning and enjoying her humiliation. Some even hit her with the sticks and bats when she slows down.The video is of an horrific incident that took place between Sagai and Bans Khedi villages of Guna district. A tribal woman was forced to carry a member of her husband's family on her shoulders and walk for three kilometres. The police have said a case has been registered and four accused have been arrested so far.
According to the woman's complaint 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 and others from the village came to her home and abducted her, and inflicted the humiliating measure on her. This is not the first time such a horrific incident has been reported from Madhya Pradesh. In July last year in a video that had emerged from Jhabua district, a woman was seen carrying her husband on her shoulders while being jeered and heckled by villagers. The helpless woman was hit with sticks when she stopped. No one helped her. Instead, people raced to capture her humiliation on mobile phone cameras. Seven villagers, including the husband, were later charged by police.
Two years ago in April, another woman - also from a Jhabhua district - was beaten and shamed because she ran away from her home to be with a man she loved. She was brought back and forced to carry her husband on shoulders as punishment. Two people were arrested in that case.
