A mob reportedly stripped a woman and a man naked in Baksa district of Assam on suspicion that they had an affair, and beat them up. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
According to a report in NDTV, the incident took place on April 6. The victims filed a complaint with the police on Wednesday.
One of the victims said that they had guests over, when the mob forcefully entered their house. “They forcefully stripped us naked at night, beat us up,” the victim told NDTV. “They started beating us and making videos, no one came to help. I am under mental trauma, today I gathered courage and have filed a First Information Report.”
The incident comes days after a group of men assaulted a 22-year-old woman travelling with a Muslim male friend in Assam’s Goalpara district. The police have arrested 12 people in the case.
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