A married woman in India is currently nursing wounds in hospital after being flogged 15 times in public for cheating on her husband with another man.
The incident is said to have happened last week on Saturday night, April 16, in the Indian village of Madhya Krishnapur in West Bengal.
According to Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sonacharan Jamatia, the woman collapsed when she was being flogged and was rushed to the nearby hospital for medical attention.
“We will send a team to meet the victim to know the actual incident. The police has not received any written complaint yet, but there will be an inquiry into the alleged incident,” Sonacharan Jamatia told local news agency Press Trust of India.
The woman told reporters that her husband led a group of fifteen men to a field while accusing her of having an extra-marital affair and began beating her, leading her to lose consciousness.
The woman further said that her suspected lover was also physically harassed.
A video circulated on social media showed her surrounded by villagers after regaining consciousness, with them forcing her to exchange garlands with her alleged lover as a symbol of marriage as they made loud noises.
The video also showed some young people encouraging the husband to apply vermillion on the woman’s forehead.
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