Woman stripped naked, paraded in Karnataka

A 42-year-old woman was stripped naked, paraded and assaulted after being tied to an electric pole in Karnataka’s Belagavi district after her son eloped with a woman, police said, adding that they had arrested seven people in connection with the incident. “The victim’s 24-year-old son has been in a relationship with an 18-year-old woman, but her family arranged her marriage with another man. The couple ran away before the engagement ceremony take place,” a police officer said. Relatives of the woman allegedly attacked her boyfriend’s mother at their home. They paraded her naked and tied her to an electric pole before assaulting her, according to the Kakati police. The victim was shifted to a Belagavi hospital for treatment. Home Minister G Parameshwara visited the village and said it was an inhumane act and that strict action would be taken against the culprits.