A video of an elderly woman’s lament after a peepal tree she had planted 25 years ago was illegally cut down went viral in Chhattisgarh, leading to the arrest of two persons.

The tree, which stood on government land along a road on the outskirts of Sarragondi village in Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district, was cut on the night of October 5, a police official told PTI on Sunday.

The video, where Devla Bai Patel, a woman in her 90s, is seen wailing with her head resting on a chopped piece of the tree, was shared by many on social media.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju shared it on X, and wrote, “This is such heart-wrenching scene! An elderly woman weeps bitterly after peepal tree she planted 20 years ago cut down. I’m told this occurred in State of Chhattisgarh. #EkPedMaaKeNaam.”

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