For Bail, Bihar Man Has To Wash Clothes Of All Women In His Village

The 20-year-old man will have to buy detergent and other items needed to provide six months of free laundry services to about 2,000 women in the village.

A man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on condition that he wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months.

Lalan Kumar, 20, will have to buy detergent and other items needed to provide six months of free laundry services to about 2,000 women in the village of Majhor in Bihar, under the ruling made Wednesday.

Kumar, who washes clothes for a living, was arrested in April on charges including attempted rape, Santosh Kumar Singh, a police officer in Madhubani district, told AFP.

No date has been set for his trial.