Rajasthan: Pregnant tribal woman stripped, paraded naked, 3 arrested after video of it goes viral

Pratapgarh, Sept 2: In a horrifying incident, a 21-year-old tribal woman was allegedly stripped naked and paraded in a village in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district by her husband, police said after a video of the incident surfaced online.

 

The video of the incident went viral on social media on Friday. The viral video shows a man forcibly removing the 21-year-old woman’s clothes in front of a crowd and subjecting her to a humiliating naked public parade.

 

 

The incident reportedly took place in Nichalkota village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Pahada Gram Panchayat and Dhariyavad police station in the Pratapgarh district of the state.

 

Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra said the in-laws of the woman kidnapped her and took her to their village where the incident took place. Her in-laws were annoyed as she was staying with another man. "The woman was punished by her in-laws. They took her to the village, where the incident took place. Her in-laws were angry with her because she was living with another man," he said.

 

Notably, the victim had gotten married just a year ago as per police.

 

Responding to the incident after the video went viral, the Rajasthan Police mobilised teams to arrest the perpetrator.

 

DGP Mishra in Jaipur said the state government has taken the incident very seriously and has sent ADG Dinesh to Pratapgarh. He said six teams have been formed to arrest the accused and Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar is camping in the village.

 

The Rajasthan Police have arrested three individuals, including the victim’s husband. Additionally, police have apprehended seven other suspects connected to the case.

 

"Three accused have been arrested and are undergoing treatment as they got injured while trying to run away from the police. More accused will be arrested soon," said S Parimala, IG, Banswara

 

 

A legal case has been filed against ten individuals under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 294 (pertaining to obscene acts), 354 (related to assaulting women), 365 (involving kidnapping), along with section 67 of the Information Technology Act, which deals with the transmission of obscene material.

 

Following the outrage over the incident, Rajasthan’s chief minister Ashok Gehlot acknowledged the incident and posted from his X handle, “In Pratapgarh district, a video of a woman being stripped naked by her in-laws has surfaced in a family dispute with her in-laws. The Director General of Police has been instructed to send ADG Crime on the spot and take strict action in this matter. There is no place for such criminals in a civilised society. These criminals will be put behind bars as soon as possible and punished after being prosecuted in a fast-track court.”

 

Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje alleged that the video of a pregnant woman being stripped in front of people was doing rounds on social media, but the administration was not aware of it. The BJP leader also appealed to people to not share the video, saying the incident has put Rajasthan to shame.