MEERUT: A 37-year-old woman suffering from "mental illness" was tied to a cot and carried through the farms allegedly by her family members in Asauli village of Bulandshahr's Ahmadgarh earlier this month, a purported video of which has now gone viral.
The woman - a mother of seven children - had filed her complaint on August 23, two days after the incident. Initially, police ignored her complaint, but later detained two men once the video surfaced.
In the clip, a few men can be seen overpowering the woman, tying her to a cot, carrying her to a farm and harassing her.
On Monday, Bulandshahr SSP Santosh Singh said, "The woman was married 20 years ago. She has seven children. She suffers from some behavioural disorder and turns aggressive and abusive at times. Her family was carrying her on a cot and taking her home after she refused to return. However, the way it was done is inhuman. We have booked members of her family."
Ahmadgarh SHO Virender Sharma said, "Investigation suggests the woman used to often fight with her family. In one such incident relating to certain financial issues, she left home threatening to kill herself and that is when her family chased her and tried to bring her back. They tied her to a cot when she refused and carried her home while passing through a few farms."
The SHO added, "We have booked eight members of her family, including her husband, under IPC sections 342 [wrongful confinement] and 323 [voluntarily causing hurt]."
The woman, however, dismissed the claims. "My in-laws and neighbours who keep fighting with me are spreading all this about me. They demanded money from me which I did not have. Later, they beat me and tied me up. I had filed a police complaint earlier, too, but no action was taken," she said.
