A 40-year-old woman was allegedly paraded half naked on a donkey by Panchayat members on the suspicion of being involved in a murder case at Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, police said on Monday, a PTI report stated.
“The panchayat members stripped down the victim, blackened her face and paraded her naked on a donkey in Thurabad village here on Saturday evening, on the suspicion of being involved in the murder of her nephew Vardi Singh,” said Yogesh Chauhan, SHO Charbhuja police station.
A case was registered against 39 people under various sections of the IPC following the complaint filed by Uday Singh, the victim’s husband on Sunday, he said.
Singh’s family had approached the Panchayat suspecting the role of the victim in the death of her nephew, police said.
District Collector KC Verma, SP Sweta Dhankar and other officials visited the village after the incident.