Gujarat Couple Tied To Tree, Overwhelmed Up For Eloping, nine Arrested: Police
The police arrested the accused on fees of rioting, kidnapping. (Representational)
Chhotaudepur:
A tender tribal couple from a village in Gujarat’s Chhotaudepur district used to be allegedly abducted, tied to a tree and thrashed with sticks as a punishment for eloping, the police mentioned on Wednesday.
The police have arrested 9 males for the alleged assault that came about in Chiliyavant village underneath the Rangpur police station in Chhotaudepur district on Tuesday, Deputy Superintendent of Police AV Katkad mentioned.
A video of the incident, which surfaced on social media, confirmed some males taking turns to overcome the couple, who had been tied to a tree, with sticks within the presence of alternative villagers, the police mentioned.
On finding out in regards to the incident throughout the video, the police rushed to the village on Wednesday and arrested the accused at the fees of rioting, kidnapping and unlawful confinement in line with a grievance filed via the woman, the authentic mentioned.
“The couple had eloped on July 18 with an goal of having married. Alternatively, offended villagers in the end traced them to a neighbouring village and taken them again to Chiliyavant on Tuesday morning. The accused tied the duo to a tree and thrashed them with sticks,” the DySP mentioned.
The sufferer in her grievance has claimed that the accused had been offended as a result of an area custom bars marriage of guy and lady from the similar village, it used to be mentioned.
A equivalent incident came about in Dhada village underneath Rangpur police station a month in the past, the place a tribal couple used to be assaulted via 5 males as a punishment for eloping.
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