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Police person arrested 2 women for their alleged engagement successful stripping different pistillate and parading her connected the roadworthy with a garland of slippers astir her neck, aft a quality implicit a caste panchayat’s prohibition connected a Rajput household entering a temple successful Ulhasnagar, connected the outskirts of Mumbai.
The incidental took spot connected Friday (May 15, 2026) successful the Waghri Nagar country of Ulhasnagar, erstwhile a spiritual programme and a assemblage feast were being held astatine the temple premises. A younker from the victim’s household objected to the caste panchayat’s restriction, saying his household had done thing wrong. He past entered the temple premises, angering immoderate members of different assemblage contiguous there.
According to the constabulary complaint, the accused past attacked the youth’s household location with sticks and rods. The men of the household were assaulted and the attackers past threatened the women with terrible consequences if they approached the police.
Brutal attack
Nevertheless, Kanta Prem Rajput, 50, her sister Geeta Rajput, and girl Anjali, were headed to the constabulary presumption to lodge a ailment erstwhile the accused intercepted them and dragged the women to the road. Ms. Kanta Prem Rajput was partially stripped, her hairsbreadth chopped with scissors, and a slipper garland forced astir her neck. She was past paraded connected the roadworthy for astir 2 kilometres. Several radical were forced to interaction her feet during the procession. Ms. Geeta Rajput and Ms. Anjali were besides assaulted.
Videos of the incident, showing bystanders watching and signaling connected mobile phones, appeared connected societal media and were shared widely.
The constabulary said some the victim's and the accused's families beryllium to the aforesaid community. Allegations had been made earlier against the victim’s family, pursuing which the household faced a societal boycott.
Police response
After the incident, the victims approached the police. The household said the constabulary did not dainty the substance earnestly astatine archetypal and registered the lawsuit lone aft respective hours. The victims besides said the constabulary invoked sections of the instrumentality that did not bespeak the quality of the violations against the women.
The Ulhasnagar Central constabulary registered a lawsuit nether the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against Jyuli Waghri, Vinu Waghri, Pappi Waghri, Nitin Thorat, Rohit Waghri, Sonu alias Balu Waghri, Mahesh Waghri, and others.
Two women person been arrested. The main accused and respective others stay absconding. Cases person been registered against members of some families, the constabulary said.
