A 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old married woman have been allegedly physically assaulted, forced to wear footwear garlands and paraded on the streets of a village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on the suspicion of having an extra-marital relationship, police said Friday.

The incident took place in Sadangi village in the Anandpur police station area October 21.

A video of the incident went viral on social media.

Acting on a complaint, the police arrested four persons, including the woman’s husband and two women.

Anandpur police station inspector-in-charge Phanindra Nayak said that while returning from work, the man had stopped at the woman’s house to have a glass of ‘handia’ (local alcoholic beverage).

However, locals saw them alone and suspected them of having an extra-marital relati

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