<p>Ahmedabad: The Dahod police on Friday arrested 12 persons including some women for allegedly stripping and parading a woman in public over an alleged extra-marital affair. </p><p>The state government said that it took the suo motu cognizance of the incident and filed FIR against the accused.</p>.Woman held for trying to 'defame' BJP MLA Kaushik Vekariya gets bail; Oppn slams Gujarat govt over her parade video.<p>The action came after a video of the woman was found to be doing the rounds across the social media platforms. Police said that the alleged incident occurred on January 28 which was led by the father-in-law of the victim, other relatives and neighbours. </p><p>"This is a very unfortunate and shameful incident for Gujarat and the society at large. We have taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and filed FIR against the perpetrators," state government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel told the reporters. </p>.Despite being castigated by courts repeatedly, Gujarat police continues parading suspects in public.<p>Police said that the FIR was registered on January 29 itself against 15 persons after they came to know about the incident. The victim was rescued from her in-laws' house who, the police found, was locked in the house.<br><br>The police have booked the accused on charges of abduction, wrongful confinement, outraging modesty and assault with intent to disrobe and sections of Information and Technology act for filing her.<br><br>The woman is alleged to have had an affair with a person from the same village and was caught by a mob led by her father-in-law, her brother-in-law, among others who barged into the house and caught her.</p>.Public parade of Patidar woman turning out to be a headache for Gujarat BJP .<p>Police said that the mob tore her clothes and tied her to a motorcycle. Subsequently, she was paraded on the road by the mob who also filmed the act and shared it.<br></p><p>However, this is not the first such incident where a woman was brutally assaulted, disrobed and paraded in full public view. In the recent past, several such incidents have been reported where women were subjected to similar abuses over extra-marital affairs. </p>
<p>Ahmedabad: The Dahod police on Friday arrested 12 persons including some women for allegedly stripping and parading a woman in public over an alleged extra-marital affair. </p><p>The state government said that it took the suo motu cognizance of the incident and filed FIR against the accused.</p>.Woman held for trying to 'defame' BJP MLA Kaushik Vekariya gets bail; Oppn slams Gujarat govt over her parade video.<p>The action came after a video of the woman was found to be doing the rounds across the social media platforms. Police said that the alleged incident occurred on January 28 which was led by the father-in-law of the victim, other relatives and neighbours. </p><p>"This is a very unfortunate and shameful incident for Gujarat and the society at large. We have taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and filed FIR against the perpetrators," state government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel told the reporters. </p>.Despite being castigated by courts repeatedly, Gujarat police continues parading suspects in public.<p>Police said that the FIR was registered on January 29 itself against 15 persons after they came to know about the incident. The victim was rescued from her in-laws' house who, the police found, was locked in the house.<br><br>The police have booked the accused on charges of abduction, wrongful confinement, outraging modesty and assault with intent to disrobe and sections of Information and Technology act for filing her.<br><br>The woman is alleged to have had an affair with a person from the same village and was caught by a mob led by her father-in-law, her brother-in-law, among others who barged into the house and caught her.</p>.Public parade of Patidar woman turning out to be a headache for Gujarat BJP .<p>Police said that the mob tore her clothes and tied her to a motorcycle. Subsequently, she was paraded on the road by the mob who also filmed the act and shared it.<br></p><p>However, this is not the first such incident where a woman was brutally assaulted, disrobed and paraded in full public view. In the recent past, several such incidents have been reported where women were subjected to similar abuses over extra-marital affairs. </p>