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Narayanpatna police in Koraput district registered a suo motu case after a couple was allegedly tied and paraded like bullocks by a 'kangaroo court' in Peda Itigi village under Borigi panchayat recently. The extrajudicial punishment was reportedly carried out after the couple married within the same clan, violating local customs. Several villagers have been detained in connection with the incident.
The couple, who had earlier eloped and started living together, was publicly punished by villagers as part of what was described as a traditional 'purification' ritual. In front of the entire village, they were tied together with a ro...