23/08/2020
Woman arrested for brutal assault of elderly mother-in-law in Sonepat; video goes viral
FIR registered after video caught netizens’ attention; two women arrested
Sonepat Police have arrested a woman and her mother for abuse after a video showing her beating an elderly woman went viral on social media, officials said.
The video shows the woman, whom police identified as Saroj, physically assaulting an elderly woman, allegedly her 82-year-old mother-in-law Sukhdei. The incident allegedly occurred in Sonepat’s Sector 23. Both women are believed to have fled once they learnt about the First Information Report against them, but were arrested later.
Saroj’s children are believed to have captured the videos on mobile phones. Police have identified the second woman as Mamta. Sources said Saroj was an ANM in the health department at RCH dispensary on Kakroi road.
Superintendent of Police Jashandeep Singh Randhawa claimed that police registered a case after a video of the incident, which relative is believed to have leaked on social media, went viral.
The Tribune is not embedding the video with the story because of the disturbing content.
Station House Officer City Inspector Sandeep said the elderly woman’s son, who they identified only as Rammehar, had said in his complaint that his wife and mother-in-law after that the physical abuse had been going on for some time now.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga reposted on Saturday night asking for more information. Actors Diljit Dosanjh and Sonam Bajwa retweeted the video calling for action. Dosanjh tagged Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sandeep Singh in his tweet.
The suspects have been booked under sections 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
(Source: Mr. Mukesh Tandon, Tribune News Service, Panipat, August 23)
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