UP Man Freed by Panchayat After Shoe-Beating For Sharing Woman's Obscene Photos

The panchayat decided to resolve the matter considering the young man's future, but the woman's mother insisted on punishing him first, the block chief said.

In western Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, all it took were a few rounds of shoe-beatings for a local panchayat to absolve a man accused of sharing obscene pictures of a young woman with her suitors, impacting her chances of marriage.

The incident involved the 22-year-old man and the 18-year-old woman, who were both related to each other. Upon knowing the man's acts, the woman's family called for a panchayat to resolve the matter in Hardua Kifayat Ullah village of the Nawabganj block, locals said.

Sharing details about the incident, Pragya Gangwar, the block chief of Nawabganj, on Tuesday said the accused edited a local woman's photos into obscene images and shared them with her prospective grooms.