Woman arrested for thrashing mother-in-law

Chandigarh: A woman who was caught on camera thrashing her mother-in-law mercilessly has been arrested, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar confirmed on Saturday.

A case has been registered and the accused has been arrested, the Chief Minister tweeted. Police say,"We are taking her for medical examination after that we'll take her wherever she wants to go."

He tagged a video that depicts inhuman treatment meted out to the elderly fragile woman, a former member of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA), who was lying on a cot in a courtyard.

"This is deplorable and condemnable, such behavior should not be tolerated in civilised society," Khattar wrote.

The Chief Minister's reaction came when a video clip from Niwaj Nagar village in Narnaul subdivision of Mahendragarh district filmed by the victim's neighbours went viral.

The old woman is the recipient of Rs30,000 (Dh1,588) in government pension, claimed Rishi Bagree, who posted the video and tagged Khattar.

In another tweet, Bagree wrote that a teenager has shot the video.