Shocking! 18-year-old Bengal girl thrashed and forced to do sit-ups for marrying the man of her choice; loses foetus
In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old pregnant woman in Bengal was allegedly thrashed and punished for marrying a man of her choice. The incident is reported of a village near the industrial town of Haldia in Bengal where the woman was forced to do sit-ups and thrashed in a ‘kangaroo court’ on Tuesday night.
The self-appointed 'court' was called up to take a decision on how to punish the woman for bringing disrepute to the village for having an affair and then marrying a man of her choice.
“They got married three months ago. We agreed to the affair after initial resistance, but the village elders could not,” remarked the mother of the victim.
According to a 3-page complaint registered by the mother of the victim, her daughter was tortured, after the village headman present at the spot ordered it. The ‘kangaroo court’ was held on November 27 in Uttar Ranichak village, about 124 km from Kolkata, and stretched from 9:30 pm to 20 minutes past midnight, reported HT.
In the complaint, it mentions the named of five accused, including village headman Sheikh Rabiul Mullick, the secretary of the village Sheikh Ashraf Ali and three witnesses.
“She was directed to do 25 sit-ups. But after 9 to 10, she lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Mullick and Ali asked three persons to beat her up. They rained blows on her and kicked her in the stomach,” read the complaint. “They also snatched a 12-gram gold chain she had around her neck,” the complaint read.
The victim is still hospitalised, “I have deposited all medical records of the hospital along with my complaint,” said the mother of the victim.
“We have received a complaint. We are probing the allegations on the spot. All the accused named in the complaint have fled,” said Tanmay Mukherjee, sub-divisional police officer, adding the arrest is yet to be done.
“It’s a serious allegation. I have asked the police to take prompt action,” said Sanjay Sikdar, block development officer of Sutahata. BJP district president Pradip Das said, “The police should take strong action.”
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First published: 1 December 2018, 10:23 IST