UP: Elderly woman stripped, tortured as son elopes with girl

The woman’s face was blackened and chilly powder allegedly thrown in her private parts to “punish” her.

A 60-year-old woman was stripped and tortured in a village in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday after her son “ran away” with a girl, police said.

An elderly woman was stripped and tortured in a village in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday after her son “ran away” with a girl, police said.

The woman’s face was blackened and chilly powder allegedly thrown in her private parts to “punish” her, police said.

The incident took place in a village in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

It was only when her husband ran to the villagers for help, the woman was rescued and police were informed.

Kheri SP Akhilesh Chaurasia said the son of the aggrieved woman had eloped with a girl from the accused family which became a matter of dispute between them.

Both the families belong to the same village. Chaurasia said an FIR has been lodged against five persons, including four women, who are absconding.