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Chhattisgarh Man Arrested After Viral Videos Show Brutal Public Assault on Wife

Police added Section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after the footage surfaced.

Overview

  • The woman alleges her husband tracked her to a village on June 14, tied and beat her, cut and shaved her hair, smeared a black substance on her face and forced her to drink urine while their children watched.
  • She filed an initial complaint on June 15 that did not include the full details of the abuse and police later registered a fuller FIR after video clips circulated online.
  • Authorities added Section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which covers administering a harmful or stupefying substance, to earlier charges including cruelty, causing hurt, obscene acts and criminal intimidation, and the accused has been arrested.
  • Reports differ on the exact district and village where the incident took place and on whether the accused worked as a government vehicle driver, and those details remain unverified by police statements.
  • The case shows how viral footage can change the course of a domestic violence probe by revealing new allegations and prompting faster legal action while raising urgent questions about child exposure and community protection.