19-year-old tribal woman paraded, beaten over inter-caste affair in Madhya Pradesh
Alirajpur (MP), Sep 4: A 19-year-old tribal woman was allegedly beaten up and paraded half-naked by the members of her community for being in love with a man from another tribe in Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district.
A video of the incident, which took place on Saturday, surfaced on social media on Tuesday. However, the police have not registered any case yet.
The video showed the woman being made to walk down a village road and beaten with sticks while she screamed and begged for mercy.
Passers-by were seen ignoring her ordeal and moving on.
Jobat Sub Divisional Officer of Police R C Bhakar said the police started an investigation after the video came out.
The incident took place at Temachi village, but nobody had filed any complaint so far, the police officer said.
The victim and her father were not in the village so their statements could not be recorded, he said.
Details of the incident could be ascertained only after recording their statements, Bhakar added.
Her other family members, who too were out of the village, were being contacted, he said.
Another police officer said the woman belongs to the Bhilala community and she was reportedly in love with a man from the Bheel community.
This angered her family and community members, who sought to ‘punish' her by parading and thrashing her, he said.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
