Bulandshahr woman beaten: Victim’s statement recorded after video goes viral

SP (City) Bulandshahr Praveen Ranjan Singh told The Indian Express that the police began an inquiry after the video went viral. Syana police station house officer (SHO) Altaf Ansari said they identified the village, accused and victim after going through the video.

“A police team visited the man’s home on Thursday. The woman was initially reluctant to share details of the torture. Later, she agreed to lodge a complaint and told that on March 4, she went with her husband’s relative, who lives in the same village, to attend a wedding at her relative’s house. She did not inform her husband or others before she left,” the SHO said. “The husband came to know that she was staying at her relative’s house in Bulandshahr. He, along with some locals, reached there on March 10 and brought them back to the village. An hour later, the husband and others dragged the woman and tortured her.”

The relative too was allegedly thrashed by the husband and other villagers before he was allowed to go to home, SHO said.