Bhawanipatna: A disturbing video of brutal public humiliation of an elderly man in Kalahandi district has surfaced on social media, raising serious questions about the reach of law enforcement in rural Odisha.

According to sources, an elderly man was forcibly tonsured, garlanded with slippers and paraded through Badili village, roughly 8 km from the headquarters town of Bhawanipatna, following a a kangaroo court’s order for allegedly misbehaving with a woman on December 7. ADVERTISEMENT

The woman, a resident of Ward No. 13 in Chanchara Pada, had gone to fetch water when the alleged misconduct occurred. She informed her family, who then rallied villagers and called an urgent meeting. The gathering quickly turned into an illegal kangaroo court at the village’s Laxmi Puja mandap. In the pr

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