Jaipur: Members of a community panchayat in a tribal area of Rajsamand district blackened a 45-year-old woman’s face, stripped her and paraded her on a donkey’s back on Saturday evening. The police on Sunday arrested 30 persons, nine of them from the victim’s family.
The panchayat members accused the woman of killing her nephew and held a meeting in which the shocking punishment was meted out to her. As the matter came to light after the victim’s husband lodged an FIR, Senior police officers said that the woman has been shifted to a shelter home for the time being and she was being counseled.
The incident was reported from Thurval village, some seven km from Charbhuja town in Rajsamand district. “One Vardi Singh had died on November 2. The circumstances of his death are not known because the villagers cremated his body and didn’t inform the police,” said SP, Rajsamand, Sweta Dhankar.
After the FIR was lodged, heavy police force was deployed in the village. “We have arrested 30 persons including nine from the woman’s family. We have booked them under relevant sections of the IPC,” said the officer.
The district collector and the SP went to the village in view of the tension. We have deployed heavy police force in the village. The woman is in a state of shock. We have provided her security,” said the officer.
Bureau Report
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