Tripura Couple Tied To Electric Pole, Assaulted Over "Extramarital Affair"
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In a video of the incident, an elderly woman is pulling the woman's hair and hitting her repeatedly, with the man tied to the same electric pole alongside her.
A man and a woman in Tripura were on Saturday tied to an electric pole and publicly humiliated for hours over an alleged relationship. The man is married and has two children, while the woman is a 20-year-old who lives with her cousin brother and sister-in-law. Videos of the assault have gone viral on social media.
In the video, an elderly woman is pulling the woman's hair and hitting her repeatedly, with the man tied to the same electric pole alongside her. A group of people can be seen watching the assault, but nobody appears to help. Another man animatedly wags his finger and verbally chastises the couple.
The incident is from the Belonia town in the South Tripura district.
