Woman in Alipurduar District "stripped naked and physically tortured" for having extramarital affair; 6 men arrested, others absconding

On Tuesday, 15 June, the police informed that six people, residents of Paschim Chengmari village in Alipurduar district, were arrested for stripping and parading naked a woman. A few culprits are absconding.

According to the police, the incident took place on Thursday night.

• It is reported that the woman had an extramarital affair with another man for whom she recently left her husband. However, she returned to her first husband who accepted her. But villagers started protesting against the woman and allegedly tortured her.

Bholanath Pandey, SP, Alipurduar said, "A group of villagers belonging to a tribal community tortured a tribal woman on Thursday night. We acted immediately and informed Officer in Change, Khamakhaguri under Kumargram police station, arrested six persons. We applied for 14 days remand, got 12 days for further investigation. Raids are on to arrest the other accused persons and action will be taken as per law."

The police said, after the incident, the woman went to her father's house in Assam without informing the police. Later the district police brought the victim back and encouraged her to file a police complaint, on the basis of which, the police took the initiative and arrested six accused persons, the police added.