Moral Policing in Assam: Woman Made to Crawl on Ground For Having Extra-Marital Affair, Video Goes Viral on Social Media
An incident of moral policing in Assam has taken over the Internet. According to reports, a woman was made to crawl on the ground by a group of people in a village in Lakhimpur district along the Lakhimpur-Majuli border.
Dispur, August 21: An incident of moral policing in Assam has taken over the Internet. According to reports, a woman was made to crawl on the ground by a group of people in a village in Lakhimpur district along the Lakhimpur-Majuli border. While the incident happened four days ago, it came to light after videos of the incident went viral on the social media on Monday.
Reports say that the woman was 'punished' by villagers for allegedly having an extra-marital affair with a youth in the village in Luit-Khabalu area. She was made to complete two rounds of a ground crawling.
Video of the incident going viral
The police have registered a case in connection with the incident. Police said that those involved in moral policing would be punished.
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