Bhubaneswar, August 25: In a brutal atrocity against an elderly woman, a housewife in Odisha's Jharsuguda district was allegedly ostracised and tonsured in a kangaroo court.
The victim was punished before the public barely on the village street at Routbahal village under Laikera police for allegedly hitting her husband during a domestic duel.
Acting on the complaint of the victim, the police has held as many as four accused following the registration of a case in this connection.
According to police, the woman had a family feud with her husband over some issue on August 9, during this time she allegedly slapped him. Later, her husband informed villagers regarding the incident, and a kangaroo court was convened for a ‘trial.’
The kangaroo court allegedly made a whip that the woman would be ostracised and tonsured. It also imposed a cash fine of Rs 5,000 on the woman and directed her to host a feast to the locals.
Accordingly, she was tonsured and ostracised for a long time.
Getting no way out, the woman and her son moved police station and sought legal assistance for a sustainable living in their home.
“During the investigation, we found that the husband of the woman and three other senior persons of the village are involved in the heinous act. We have arrested them,” said Dillip Behera, OIC, Laikera police station.
