A married mother-of-two from India accused of cheating on her husband has been forced to breastfeed her younger lover in public, according to police.
The 24-year-old woman, who lives in the small village of Wardha, Mudhya Predesh province, was also beaten by a mob and then tonsured - a religious practice of shaving someone's head to show shame or humility.
According to officers the mother had been having an affair with a man in his 20s named Kamlesh, and decided to elope with him to neighbouring Gujarat province days before the attack.
However her husband found her and brought her back to the village on New Year's Eve, where she was taken in front of council elders who ordered the unusual punishment.
Villagers then carried out the orders despite the husband objecting, saying he was expecting a less severe sentence.
The woman reported the attack to the police.
Police chief Akhilesh Jha told the Hindustan Times: 'The villagers came to know of the [affair] and brought the couple back.
'A panchayat [tribal council] was called and it allegedly ordered that hair of both be cut. Later, the woman was allegedly forced to breastfeed the man in the presence of villagers.
'The police have detained some suspects and they are being questioned.'
Na wa ooo...I don't support infidelity but I think her punishment was rather severe and what about her lover? The woman bore the major brunt of the punishment.....
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ReplyDeleteThis is so cruel. She no want again na by force. Rubbish culture!
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ReplyDeleteindians have no regard for women that is why the rate of rape in that country must be the highest in the world
ReplyDeleteThe lover was punished. ....made to suck breast in public lol.
ReplyDeleteThat one na punishment? Why not shave off the hair on his d**cl in public?
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