A 27-year-old woman was forcibly tonsured allegedly on the orders of a kangaroo court and paraded on a village roads in the district along with a man with whom she had eloped last month with an intention to marry him after deserting her husband.
The police said according to a decision of the kangaroo court, residents of Karmatola village in the Manikchak police station area yesterday beat up the woman, mother of a two-year -old son, and her paramour. They forcibly shaved off the hair on the woman's head and paraded the two through the village roads, they said.
Three women, Bharati Mondal, Chaya Mondal, and Mangli Mondal were arrested yesterday for assaulting them. "They were granted bail when produced in a district court later in the day today, the police said. The trio were arrested following a complaint were lodged against them in the police station by the woman's relatives.
The woman and her lover were admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital.
