MP Couple Who Eloped Forced To Dance With Tyres Around Necks

Couple punished for eloping: A couple from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh was allegedly forced by some people to dance with motorcycle tyres around their necks Reason? This was their punishment for eloping, police said. The incident took place on 12 September.

The 21-year-old man, 19-year-old woman and even a 13-year old girl can be seen dancing in the clip. The girl was also punished for helping the couple in execution of their plan. The clip also shows a man hitting them with sticks a couple of times. The person shooting the video can be heard laughing at the whole sight.

The Dhar police has registered a case against five people and even arrested three of them after the video went viral on social media. They are trying to nab the other two accused as well. The accused were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 363 (kidnapping), 147 (rioting) and 294 (obscene act), and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, as per a report.

The couple had returned to their village when the incident took place.  According to police, the woman had gone missing from her home in the village in July this year inviting wrath of her family members. They suspected that another young girl (seen in video) helped the women in fleeing from her home, said ASP Patidar. The couple eloped and went to Gujarat.

A missing person's complaint by the woman's family members was filed with local police. They were punished brutally on their return in the second week of September, police said.

Last week, an interfaith couple was punished by a group of men when they were spotted standing together under a tree. The girl was forced to slap her Muslim boyfriend with a pair of slippers in public. Read more about it here.