Thu 05 September 2019:
A disturbing video of this incident that occurred in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district on September 1, has gone viral on Twitter.
We may have reached the 21st century, but caste-based violence still exists in India. Twitter users who shared the video are shocked.
Indian filmmaker Vinod Kapri shared the video by Indian journalist Makarand Kale on Tuesday and wrote: “OMG. This is horrible: [A] young tribal woman paraded, beaten over inter-caste affair in MP.”
The one-minute-42-seconds long video, shot on a mobile phone, shows the girl being flogged with sticks endlessly as she keeps on walking fast on the road in a bid to save herself from the men beating her. They are also seen trying to strip her and as she is paraded half-naked. Passers-by ignore. Is this a norm then?
According to media reports, the police began an investigation in the matter and found that the victim is a 19-year-old Bhilala tribal woman and was punished by male members of her family as she tried eloping with a Bheel man.
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