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At least four women were arrested for allegedly beating up, stripping, and parading a 30-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district over a dispute, said police on Wednesday.

A video of the purported incident, which took place during the Holi celebrations, also went viral online.

Speaking about the incident, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sunil Mehta said, "On Monday, four women forcibly pulled the victim out of her house, beat her up and humiliated her by stripping her naked in public at Bachhora village of Gautampura police station area."

All the four accused women in the matter were later arrested, and peace was restored in the area, said Mehta after visiting the village.

He also informed that the victim was disturbed due to her humiliation and had gone to her parents' home.

One of the defendants believed the victim was instigating her mother-in-law against her. According to the police, she also suspected that the victim had taken her mother-in-law to Mandsaur without telling her.

He stated that both the accused women and the victim are members of the Scheduled Caste (SC) group. According to him, some onlookers in the village shot a video of the humiliating act and circulated it.

He also added that the police are identifying those who shot the video, adding that strict action will be taken against them.

Eyewitnesses said the accused women dragged the victim out of her house and stripped her.

They said that the victim woman kept pleading for mercy at the time of the incident, but the accused did not relent and they openly stripped her by tearing her clothes. They also took her to some distance on the common road of the village in the same condition.

A case has been filed under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 354-A (sexual harassment), and 452 (wrongfully restraining and assaulting) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

(With inputs from the agency)