Gujarat: Woman tied to tree for 7 hours, her hair chopped off

RAJKOT: A 40-year-old married woman was subjected to terribly brutality by a man, who tied her with a tree, thrashed her and then chopped off her hair, in a village of Amreli district.
The victim was kidnapped and brutalized by the accused Kishan Parmar who wanted to exact revenge after he had a quarrel with her husband.
The incident happened on the night of October 15, but it came to light after the arrest of Parmar on Monday. The woman, recuperating at Amreli Civil Hospital, lodged a complaint of kidnapping, confinement, sexual assault and causing hurt on Sunday.
According to the police, Parmar arrived at the her house on the night of October 15 and told her that her husband was taken away by the police. Parmar asked her to accompany him to the police station. But instead of the police station, Parmar took the woman to the outskirts of Chhatadiya village. Parmar then tied the woman to bushes and demanded sexual favours.
When the woman refused, Parmar broke a branch of a tree and beat her up with it. He later chopped her hair with a knife and also put cuts on her forehead. Parmar kept her confined till 2.30 am on October 16 before fleeing from the spot.
He, however, contacted the woman’s distant cousin and informed him about the woman’s location, police said. The relative rescued the woman and took her to a health centre in Dhari from where she was referred to Amreli Civil Hospital. Next morning, the woman’s husband, who was searching for her, was also informed.
Police said that around 10 days back, the woman’s husband and Parmar had a fight over a petty issue.