US Edition‘Kangaroo Court’ Punishment Forces Couple Into Exile for Being ‘in Love’: Here's What Happened
KANJAMAJHIRA VILLAGE, RAYAGADA DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA, JUL 11 – A tribal couple was publicly humiliated and beaten for marrying within close kinship, a taboo in their community, sparking police investigation and widespread condemnation.
- A young couple from Kanjamjodi village in Odisha's Rayagada district was publicly humiliated on Wednesday by villagers who forced them to plough a field tied to a bamboo yoke.
- The couple married secretly despite strong opposition as their union violated tribal customs that forbid same-clan marriages, which are considered akin to incest.
- The incident, recorded on video and posted on social media on Friday, showed the couple yoked like oxen under the watch of numerous villagers and subjected to purification rituals by elders.
- Rayagada SP Swathy S Kumar confirmed that an investigative team will be deployed to examine the matter, and appropriate measures will follow. Meanwhile, the police have registered a case and begun pursuing those accountable.
- The case triggered widespread outrage across the state, prompting calls for strict legal measures as activists condemned the punishment as barbaric and unlawful.
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Couple Forced To Plough Field As ‘Punishment’ For Love Marriage In Odisha
The incident, which occurred in Kanjamajhira village under the jurisdiction of Sikarpai gram panchayat, came to light after a harrowing video surfaced on social media, showing the couple being forced to plough a field while yoked together with a bamboo harness — a crude apparatus traditionally used on bullocks.
Tribal couple forced to plough field for defying marriage norms
Bhubaneswar: A tribal couple in Odisha’s Rayagada district was allegedly forced to plough a field with a yoke placed on their shoulders as a form of public punishment for marrying against community traditions, officials said on Friday. The alleged incident took place at Kanjamajodi village within Kalyansinghpur police limits on Wednesday, they added. A purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media on Friday, shows the young m…
A shocking incident has come to light from Kanjamajira village of Rayagada district of Odisha, where a loving couple was made to pull a plough in the field like bulls as punishment for marrying against the society. This shameful incident was captured on camera and as soon as it went viral on social media, it created a stir in the entire state.
Tribal couple tied to yoke like bullocks, forced to ‘till land’ for marrying secretly in Odisha
The video shows the couple with a yoke made of bamboo across their shoulders, tilling the land as a “punishment” that had been awarded by a kangaroo court comprising community members.
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