Guwahati: In an apparent case of moral policing, a woman who allegedly sells illegal brew was attacked and stripped by villagers in Assam's Karimganj.
The incident came to light after a video of the attack went viral in social media and the police registered a case against it on Friday.
In the video her attackers were seen to include women.
"The incident took place on September 10 in a remote tribal area under Nagra outpost along the Assam-Mizoram border. We came to know of it only after the video was circulated," Karimganj superintendent of police Gaurav Upadhyay told PTI.
The victim did not approach the police but filed a case in the court of the Karimganj chief judicial magistrate on Thursday after seeing the video, he said.
After registering the case in the afternoon, a police party visited the village and initiated a probe into the incident.
The woman has not identified anyone as her attacker.
The police will also book those who recorded the incident and circulated it on social media under the IT Act, he said.
The woman, the SP said, used to allegedly sell illegal liquor and was involved in some anti-social activities.
"The villagers had warned her. Even the police had warned her earlier... Reasons of the attack is not yet known," he said.
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