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Newly Married Couple Tied To Yoke Like Oxen, Made To Plough Field in Odisha, India : Video Goes Viral



The young man and woman, who are from Kanjamajhira village in Rayagada district, had fallen in love recently and got married. To punish the couple, a mob tied them to a wooden yoke and made them drag it across a field. The video shows two men beating both the man and the woman with a stick as they did so.
Intent on punishing and humiliating the young couple for marrying against local societal norms, a mob in Odisha tied them to a yoke, like oxen, and made them plough a field.
Following this public humiliation, the couple was taken to the village shrine and made to perform purification rituals to 'cleanse' their perceived sin. A video of the incident is being widely shared, and has sparked outrage online.