Army jawan alleges wife beaten, stripped in Tamil Nadu, police refute claim

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Jun 11, 2023, 07:54 PM IST

A woman was allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Tamil Nadu. Her husband and Army Jawan recorded a video explaining the assault but local police claims that the woman was not attacked at all.

A distressing video of an Army jawan grabbed the attention of many on social media where the Jawan claimed that his wife was beaten up by a group of men in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. As per the viral video, about 120 men attacked his wife at her shop and thrashed her and stripped her half-naked.

Havildar Prabhakaran said, while his wife was going through all this, he was serving the nation in J&K. However, the Thiruvannamalai police refutes the allegations and said that the jawan's wife was not attacked at all. 

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The video of Havildar Prabhakaran stating that his wife has been attacked was posted by a retired Army officer Lt Col N Thiagarajan. "When a soldier leaves to protect the nation, it is the highest responsibility of the government to care for the spouse and family of the soldier. The rise in such incidents in TN shows lawless condition," the retired Army officer wrote.