In a heinous crime, a 37-year-old woman and a differently-abled man was brutally assaulted, tonsured, made to put on garlands made of footwear, and paraded in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district about 122 km from state capital Lucknow on Wednesday.
The incident took place after they were spotted together in the village.
A video from the woman’s village shows her and the man – their heads tonsured being paraded through a narrow lane as a large number of men and boys walk behind them.
The woman’s husband died by suicide two months ago, the police said, adding that the differently-abled man, who is 40, is her friend who used to help her, as reported by NDTV. According to the police, the woman’s family were against her friendship with the 40-year-old differently-abled man.
Two accused who happens to be the woman’s relative have been arrested. Along with other villagers, the two accused shaved the heads of both the man and the woman and blackened their faces.
A total of eight people have been named in a First Information Report (FIR) and charged with assault, causing hurt and trespassing.
