Adivasi ladies paraded, faces blackened over bike theft allegation in Jharkhand’s Ranchi | India Information
2 min learnRanchiApr 1, 2026 05:58 PM IST
Two Adivasi ladies had been publicly humiliated in Ranchi — their faces blackened, “chor” (thief) scribbled on their foreheads — and paraded by means of their neighbourhood with garlands of footwear over allegations of motorbike theft.
Police stated the incident occurred Sunday in Bhabha Nagar however got here to mild solely after a video surfaced on social media later within the week.
In response to the ladies’s grievance, the accused had been harassing a tribal man for every week, alleging his 12-year-old son was concerned in a motorbike theft. On Sunday night time, a bunch of suspects allegedly pressured their approach into the person’s dwelling whereas his spouse and son had been alone and commenced assaulting the boy.
“They got here and began abusing. They first attacked my son and commenced beating him. When my spouse tried to intervene, she was assaulted as effectively. One other lady, a pal, who was current on the scene was additionally overwhelmed,” he stated, including the households had been accused of theft.
Because the assault continued, the 2 ladies had been allegedly dragged out — their faces blackened and “thief” scribbled on their foreheads — and compelled to put on garlands of footwear.
“We had been then paraded throughout the locality and close by areas whereas being abused and threatened. In the event that they had been suspicious of my husband, they need to have waited for him or ought to have taken it to the police,” the complainant stated.
Two suspects — 25-year-old Bihar resident Pankaj Kumar and his 23-year-old pal Sanatana Kumari — have been arrested, and police are trying to find a 3rd. In response to police, the dispute stemmed from a motorbike loaned to the household however not returned inside every week.
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A case has been registered beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
“Pankaj started confronting them and step by step it was public humiliation and bodily violence,” Kuldeep Kumar, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, stated. “The incident was recorded on cellphones and later made public. The arrested lady had additionally filmed the incident, and the viral video is now a part of the investigation.”
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