MP woman forced to carry husband on shoulder for having an affair with man from different caste This happened in Devigarh village of MP's Jhabua district. The woman is seen being surrounded by a crowd of tens of people. All of them are men-young, mid-age and the old. They are shouting, some dancing and others hooting at her plight.
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The woman is accused of having an affair with a man from a different caste
Villagers forced the woman to carry her husband on her shoulders as a punishment
The incident happened in Devigarh village in MP's Jhabua district
In a far-flung village in Madhya Pradesh, a woman walks sluggishly on what appears to be an agricultural field left dry and uncultivated at this time of the year.
It's a sunny day and there is no trace of shade nearby. As she walks, her legs tremble. At one point you may feel she is about to collapse under the weight she is being forced to carry on her shoulder.
The woman, who appears to be in her twenties, is surrounded by a crowd of tens of people. All of them are men-young, mid-age and the old. They are shouting, some dancing and others hooting at her plight.
There are also the ones who are recording the scene on their mobile phones. Others are armed with sticks and one carries a small pole atop which a flag flutters.
The woman's crime?
She is accused of having an affair with a man from a different caste.
Her punishment?
The villagers have forced the woman to carry her husband on her shoulders as a punishment.
This happened nearly 340 km away from Bhopal in a village called Devigarh village in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh.
A 33-second long video of this has been tweeted by news agency ANI. It starts with a scene where the woman is seen carrying her husband on her shoulder as the men surrounding her egg her on to continue walking.
When she pauses to rest, the crowd jeers. Helpless, she continues to walk with her feet trembling under her husband's weight on her shoulder.
The local police have reportedly taken note of the matter. Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jhabua, Vineet Jain, told news agency ANI that two people have been arrested so far.
"Some people in a group disrespected a woman in Devigarh, Jhabua. A case has been registered against all of them and two people have been arrested so far," ANI quoted him as saying.
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Villagers Force Woman to Carry Husband as ‘Punishment’ for Affair
wo people have been arrested for questioning after a video clip of a young tribal woman being forced to carry her husband on her shoulders, as punishment meted out by villagers in MP’s Jhabua, went viral on social media, on Saturday, 13 April.
District Superintendent of Police Vineet Jain said the woman, in her twenties, was reportedly shamed by villagers of Devigarh, approximately 340 kilometres from MP’s capital of Bhopal.
The woman was forced to carry her husband, allegedly as punishment for having an affair with a another man. District Superintendent of Police Vineet Jain added, “The woman is married and has a child. She disappeared from the village for around 10 days. The villagers found her eventually with another man. So, they made her carry her husband on her shoulders and walk through the village.”
"A case has been registered against 13 people under the relevant sections of the IPC. We’ve arrested her husband, Shankar Rathore, and one other person so far. We’re still searching for the rest of the people seen on the video," he said.
Caste-Based Violence or Punishment For ‘Adultery’?
PTI quoted police sources as stating that the woman was apparently “punished” by people of Devigarh because she was having a relationship with another man.
However, ANI reported that the incident took place because the woman was having an affair with a man from another caste.
Police denied the allegations of the attack being caste-based. DSP Vineet Jain added that the people behind the incident as well as the woman were all adivasis.
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Woman forced to carry husband as ‘punishment’ for alleged affair with man outside her caste
A case has been registered by the police after the video clip of the incident went viral.
A woman in Devigarh village in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh was forced to carry her husband as punishment for allegedly having an affair with a man belonging to a different caste, according to news agency ANI. A case has been registered by the police after the video clip of the incident went viral.
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2019
In the 33-second-long video, the woman can be seen carrying her husband on her shoulders as villagers jeer her whenever she slows down. Vineet Jain, Superintendent of Police (SP) Jhabua, told ANI, “Some people in a group disrespected a woman in Devigarh, Jhabua. A case has been registered against all of them and two people have been arrested. We are trying to nab the rest of the accused.”
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