Odisha Couple Humiliation | A young couple from Kanjamajhira village in Odisha’s Rayagada district was subjected to public humiliation by a mob for marrying in defiance of local customs. The couple, who are related, tied the knot recently, which some villagers deemed unacceptable due to traditional taboos around such unions.
In a disturbing incident that was filmed and widely shared on social media, the couple was tied to a wooden yoke—typically used for oxen—and forced to drag it across a field. The video also shows two men beating the couple with sticks as they performed the punishment.
Odisha: Tribal couple yoked like cattle, beaten & exiled for marrying secretly.
In 2025. In India. A young couple tied to a bamboo yoke, forced to plough fields, paraded & humiliated — just for falling in love against “custom.”
And then Haryana: Radhika Yadav. 25. National… pic.twitter.com/99Jgd5Zx45
— Deepti Sachdeva (@DeeptiSachdeva_) July 11, 2025
Odisha Couple Humiliation: Purification Rituals and Police Action
After the forced ploughing, the couple was taken to the village shrine where they were made to undergo purification rituals to atone for what villagers believed to be a “sin.”
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Rayagada Superintendent of Police S Swati Kumar confirmed on Friday that a police team has visited the village to investigate the matter. “A case will be registered soon,” she said.
This incident comes months after a similar case in the same district, where 40 members of a family were forced to shave their heads as part of a purification ritual when a woman married a man from another caste.
