News Desk
In the latest shocking incident of sexual violence against women in India, a 16-year-old rape victim was tied and paraded with her suspected attacker in a village in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Indian media reported on Monday.
The teenaged girl was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh’s tribal Alirajpur district following which villagers tied the suspect and the victim with ropes and paraded them in public, India media reported, quoting police.
A video showed the girl and the suspect being forced to walk in tandem and beaten in public in the village, while some men around them chanted slogans of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Long Live Mother India)”. The clip sparked outrage on social media after it went viral.