Woman, lover stripped, tied to tree by husband

Police has arrested 13 persons in connection with the incident. The 26-year-old woman, a resident of Kasotia village in the tribal area, was in a live-in relationship with Lalu Ram, a resident of Khodi Pipli Tekan village. 

The couple was taken hostage by the woman’s husband Bhanwar Lal and villagers on June 20 near Bhatevar village. They later took the duo to Kasotia village where they stripped them and tied them to a tree for two days besides shooting their pictures which went viral on WhatsApp, police said. The accused also took hostage six persons, including the mother and two brothers of the woman, who had gone to the villagers to rescue the woman, they said. 

The family of Lalu Ram gave Rs 80,000 to the villagers to get him freed from them,” Ghanshyam Sharma, circle officer, Vallabh Nagar, said. “We have not recovered the woman so far and it is suspected that she is with her husband and other accused who are absconding,” he added.