Three arrested after tribal woman paraded naked in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh

PRATAPGARH (Rajasthan):  Three people have been arrested by the police after a tribal woman was allegedly beaten and paraded naked in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district. Along with the woman’s husband, two other accused were arrested.

District Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Kumar confirmed the information. According to the police, the accused tried to run away after seeing the police. While escaping from the police, they got injured. They are undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Pratapgarh after which they will be produced in court.

A tribal woman was allegedly beaten and paraded naked by her husband and in-laws in Pratapgarh district, police said. The incident came to light after a video went viral.

According to Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, the incident took place on Thursday in the district’s Nichalkota village of Pahada gram panchayat under Dhariyavad police station limits in the Pratapgarh district.

The victim was married a year ago. It is alleged that she had started living with another man in the village. According to DGP Umesh Mishra, the in-laws of the woman committed this heinous crime. They kidnapped her and took her to their village where the incident took place. They were annoyed as she had gone away somewhere else after the marriage.

“After the woman was kidnapped, she was beaten up by her husband who also stripped her and paraded her for about one kilometre in the village”, the DGP said.

Banswara Inspector General S Parimal said, “Strict action will be taken against all the accused. There are a total of ten accused in the case, out of whom, three have been arrested. The others will be arrested soon”.

The accused were identified as Nathu Meena (the victim’s husband), Velia Veena and Kanha Meena, the Banswara IG added.

Earlier Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had posted on X, ” The ADG Crime was sent to the scene of crime immediately and we have instructed the police to take strict action against the accused in accordance with the law. In a civilised society, there is no space for for ciminals like these. The case will be sent to a fast track court to ensure speedy delivery of justice”.

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje questioned the Ashok Gehlot government over what she said is the lax attitude of the state government towards crime against women.

Taking to ‘X’, Raje said, “..Crime against women in the state has spread to such an extent that Rajasthan is feeling ashamed every day. The Congress government itself is responsible for making the state number one in the country in women’s atrocities. Chief Minister – After all, what is the compulsion that your Congress government does not hear the looting of dignity and screams of daughters in Rajasthan?”

BJP state president C P Joshi took on the Rajasthan governement for its lax attitude to crime against women. Posting on X he said, “Today Rajasthan is ashamed..the fact that the government did not even know about this shameful incident in Pratapgarh shows why Rajasthan has become the number one state in crime and assault against women”. (ANI)