Villagers put chilli powder in woman''s private parts for selling illegal liquor in Assam

Guwahati, September 23

 In an apparent incident of moral policing, a woman who allegedly sold illegal brew, was attacked, stripped and chilli powder was inserted into her private parts as punishment by villagers in Assam's Karimganj district.

The incident came to light after a video of the attack went viral in the social media and the police registered a case against the villagers on Friday.

In the video, her attackers were seen to include women.

"The incident took place on September 10 in a very remote tribal area under Nagra outpost along the Assam-Mizoram border. We came to know of it only after the video was circulated and registered a case," said Karimganj superintendent of police Gaurav Upadhyay.

The victim did not approach the police but filed a case in the court of the Karimganj chief judicial magistrate on Saturday after seeing the video, he said.

After registering the case in the afternoon, a police party visited the village and initiated a probe into the incident.

The woman has not identified anyone as her attacker.

"The group of villagers, who attacked her, included women. She was also stripped and attacked. We have started our investigation and we will take action as per law," Upadhyay said.

The police will also book under the IT Act those who made video recording of the incident and circulated it in the social media, he said.

The woman, the SP said, used to allegedly sell illegal liquor and was involved in some anti-social activities.

"The villagers had warned her. Even the police had warned her earlier ... As to what led to this attack, we will be able to tell properly only after investigation," he said. PTI