In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old tribal woman was gangraped by at least six persons, including her estranged husband, all in an inebriated condition, paraded naked and even forced to drink urine at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district.
The incident took place in front of the victim's 10-year-old son at village Bilai Khedi under Piplod police station area, some 60 km from the Khandwa district headquarters on June 10, delayed reports reaching the state capital said.
The victim, police said, was living separately from her husband, Kailash Bhil (35), for the last couple of months due to some property dispute. According to the victim, she was called to a place in the village by her husband on the pretext of thrashing out the differences between them.
When the woman, along with her son, went to meet her husband, who along with other men was waiting for her, she was thrashed and gangraped. Not only that, they also paraded her naked and forced her to consume urine.
The victim narrated the ordeal to their parents and thereafter petitioned the police, who swung into action and arrested nine people in this connection. Further investigations are on, police said.
Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a spurt in rape cases, with the state recording 4335 rape cases in 2013, according to state crime control board's figures. The highest number of 3425 rape cases was reported in the state in 2012, according to figures of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In the first quarter of this year, MP has registered 1078 rape and 2455 molestation cases.
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