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Woman stripped, face blackened, paraded on donkey in Rajasthan village, 39 arrested

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rajasthanJaipur: A 40-year-old woman was paraded semi-nude on a donkey by local village panchayat members on  suspicion of being involved in a murder case in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan on Saturday evening.

Police said, so far 39 persons have been rounded up.

The panchayat members stripped the woman, blackened her face and paraded her semi-nude  on a donkey in Thurabad village near Charbhuja here on Saturday evening, on the suspicion of being involved in the murder of her nephew Vardi Singh,” said Yogesh Chauhan, SHO Charbhuja police station.

A case has been registered against 39 people under sections  452, 323, 354B,384 and 389 of Indian Penal Code following the complaint filed by Uday Singh, the victim’s husband on Sunday.

Ironically, it was Singh’s family which had approached the panchayat suspecting the role of the woman in the death of her nephew Vardi Singh, police said. Among those arrested are nine members of the victim’s family.

District collector KC Verma, SP Sweta Dhankar and other officials visited the village after the incident on Sunday.

The victim has been kept in a shelter home away from the village, SP Dhankar said, adding that an additional SP was presently investigating the case.

We have asked the Women and Child Development officials to provide the victim with counselling, said the district collector.

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