Woman stripped, paraded with slipper garland after temple entry dispute; two women arrested
Two women have been arrested after a violent incident involving the public humiliation of another woman in Ulhasnagar, Mumbai. The victim was stripped and paraded with a garland of slippers around her neck following a dispute over a caste panchayat's ban on her family entering a temple. The police have registered cases against both the victim's and the accused's families, with several individuals still at large.
- ▪The incident occurred during a religious program and community feast at a temple.
- ▪The victim's family faced a social boycott prior to the incident.
- ▪Videos of the public humiliation were widely shared on social media.
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Police have arrested two women for their alleged involvement in stripping another woman and parading her on the road with a garland of slippers around her neck, after a dispute over a caste panchayat’s ban on a Rajput family entering a temple in Ulhasnagar, on the outskirts of Mumbai.The incident took place on Friday (May 15, 2026) in the Waghri Nagar area of Ulhasnagar, when a religious programme and a community feast were being held at the temple premises. A youth from the victim’s family objected to the caste panchayat’s restriction, saying his family had done nothing wrong. He then entered the temple premises, angering some members of another community present there.
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