Yet another unfortunate incident took place in Madhya Pradesh. A man in Madhya Pradesh’ Dhar district and his two sisters were allegedly tied to a tree and thrashed after he eloped with a married woman. According to a report published in NDTV, both the sisters were beaten and sexually harassed by the accused including the husband of the married woman, when the man returned to Dhar for negotiation.
Among the two sisters, one is said to be a minor. Man and two sisters were tied to the tree for several hours and brutally beaten after the man allegedly run away with a married woman.
As per the report, the man had eloped with the wife of a local man named Mukesh. When they run away, Mukesh called up the man and ask him to come and settle the issue at his house located in Arjun Colony in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.
When the man came back, instead of talking to him, Mukesh tied him and his two sisters to a tree and thrashed them with sticks.
The entire incident was seen by several locals and many of them even recorded the incident. A video from the assault has gone viral on social media. In the video, the accused can be seen beating the man and his sisters as they shout in pain. One of the clips of the incident also shows a woman from the crowd shouting at one of the sisters and pulling her hair.
“Mukesh’s family members were also involved in the assault,” news agency ANI reported.
According to reports, five people including Mukesh have been arrested by the police. “A minor was also beaten. A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and POCSO act. Five people have been arrested, and rest of them will also be arrested soon,” Sanjeev Mule, City Superintendent Of Police, Dhar told NDTV.