MP: Woman refuses to work as labour, beaten up by family members; video goes viral

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In a shocking incident, a woman was allegedly beaten up by her family members for refusing to work as labour in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar. The incident took place two months ago, but it came to light after the video went viral on social media. 

"A video has surfaced of a woman being beaten up by four persons. This is a two-month-old video from Bhil Talwada village under Naalchha police station. SHO has inquired about the incident," Aditya Pratap Singh, SP of Dhar told ANI.

"Prima facie, it has come to our knowledge that the four persons who are beating up the woman are her father, mother, uncle and a villager. The woman was married to a man from a neighbouring village and they went to Gujarat. She had returned from Gujarat since she did not want to do labour work there. Her family members were beating her over this issue," he added.

The police said that interrogation is going on of the identified persons and appropriate action would be undertaken in the case. 

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