A 40-year old woman was beaten in public and forced to wear a garland of shoes by a group of people for allegedly having an extramarital affair with a married man in Gomati district, police said Thursday.
The woman, a mother of two alleged that a group of women along with men forcibly picked her up from a paddy field on Wednesday and tied her to a tree and beat her in public, sprayed ink on her face and forced her to wear a garland of shoes, the police said.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Navadwip Jamatiya said, "We have recorded her statement as she doesn't know how to write. All the accused persons will be identified and arrested. We have started operations."