A video from Punjab’s Gurdaspur district has gone viral, showing a woman verbally and physically assaulting her elderly mother-in-law as her son pleads with her to stop.
“Mumma na karo (Don’t do it, mother)," the boy is heard saying in Punjabi as he records the incident on his phone. In the footage, the woman – identified as Harjeet Kaur – is seen dragging her mother-in-law, Gurbajan Kaur, by the hair, slapping and beating her. She also verbally abuse the elderly woman during the assault.
The incident reportedly took place on Sunday. According to the family, it was triggered after Harjeet Kaur caught her mother-in-law filming one of her outbursts.
In her police complaint, Gurbajan Kaur, a widow, accused her daughter-in-law of repeatedly abusing her and pressuring her to transfer propert