The girl tied with rope being taken to Jharkhand by police

Key Highlights The Jharkhand police on Tuesday tied a 23-year-old girl with a rope after arresting her

SC holds handcuffing and tying with ropes as inhuman and in violation of human rights



She was an accused in a dowry harassment case



Alwar: In an apparent violation of human rights, the Jharkhand police on Tuesday tied a 23-year-old girl with a rope around her waist after arresting her in a dowry harassment case.  The girl was kept tied at the Railway police station in Alwar and later taken to Jharkhand in a train in the same manner. 

The entire incident was witnessed by the residents and local media that captured photos of the girl tied-up by her waist being escorted by the Jharkhand cops, including a woman constable.  The Supreme Court holds handcuffing and tying with ropes as inhuman and in violation of human rights. 

According to the Alwar police, a police team from the Garhwa district of Jharkhand had come to arrest Aparna, a resident of Bank Colony here as she was an accused in a dowry harassment case filed by her sister-in law, who resides in Garhwa. 

“After arresting the girl, the Jharkhand police took her for a medical examination at a local hospital.  The girl resisted her arrest and fled from the hospital. 

She was, however, arrested again from a nearby area.  The police then tied her tightly by the waist with a rope and took her away ,“ an Alwar police official said on the condition of anonymity .  Aparna's sister-in-law filed a complaint against her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law, accusing them of harassing her for dowry .Upon raiding the house in Alwar, the police found Aparna's parents and her brother missing.  The police questioned Aparna and arrested her as she too was an accused.