BJP constitutes 5-member fact-finding team to visit Karnataka's Belagavi where tribal woman was paraded naked

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to visit the site in Karnataka’s Belagavi where on Monday a 42-year-old tribal woman was stripped naked, paraded and assaulted after being tied to an electric pole after her son eloped with a woman.

The fact-finding committee has been asked to submit its report at the earliest to BJP National President JP Nadda.

Arun Singh, National General Secretary of BJP, in a press release, said, “JP Nadda has strongly condemned the heinous incident of parading naked of a tribal woman in Belagavi, Karnataka. Such heinous crimes specially against women are happening at regular intervals ever since the Congress government has come to power in Karnataka. This also exposes the irresponsible behaviour of Congress governments every where in the country in tackling such crimes.”

Who are 5 members of the fact-finding committee constituted by the BJP

All in the five-member fact-finding committee are women and they are:

1 – Aprajita Sarangi, MP
2 – Sunita Duggal, MP
3 – Locket Chatterjee, MP
4 – Ranjeeta Koli, MP
5 – Asha Lakra, National Secretary

BJP National President Shri @JPNadda has strongly condemned the shameful incident of parading naked of a tribal woman in Belgavi, Karnataka. Shri Nadda Ji constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to visit the incident site. The committee will submit its report to the… pic.twitter.com/xv2sqxgciu

— BJP (@BJP4India) December 15, 2023

As many as seven people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

According to the police, the incident took place between 1 am and 3 am on Monday (11 December 2023) in Hosa Vantamuri village, 9 km from Belagavi city.

As per the police, the victim’s 24-year-old son has been in a relationship with an 18-year-old woman, but her family arranged her marriage with another man. The couple ran away before the engagement ceremony scheduled for Monday.

The Kakati police said relatives of the young woman allegedly attacked her boyfriend’s mother at their home. They paraded her naked and tied her to an electric pole before assaulting her.

The victim was shifted to a Belagavi hospital for treatment.

Belagavi Commissioner of Police SN Siddaramappa had deployed two platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police there.

With inputs from agencies