Video: Shocking! Kolkata woman mercilessly beats up mother-in law over 'plucking' flowers

In the video, the daughter-in-law can be seen screaming at the old woman and then brutally beating her repeatedly.

The issue came to limelight after the video came into notice of an official of Bansdroni police station, Sgt Subhra Chakraborty that was filmed by the woman's neighbour and shared on the social media.

Rantu Sengupta, the person who shared the video, however, did not disclose the place of occurrence of the crime, despite the police assured to keep his identity safe. Police got details of Sengupta from his Facebook account and reached his house. After a long counselling, he revealed that he received the video from a doctor in Bholar Bazar area of Canning, reports.

A Facebook post by the Kolkata Police claims the elderly woman, Yashoda Pal, is a patient of amnesia and was being punished by the daughter-in-law for plucking flowers from the garden "without her permission." It further said the mother-in-law was subjected to physical abuse on a daily basis. Her husband had passed away several years ago, according to Deccan Chronicle.

A video was viral today in which a elderly lady was tortured by her daughter in law. Team #BANSDRONI PS traced the tormentor and arrested her. pic.twitter.com/wSUrenYWGc

— DCP Jadavpur Divn Kolkata (@KPSouthsubnDiv) May 30, 2018

An officer from Bansdroni police station said that accuse Swapna Pal was arrested on Wednesday and then, released on bail.

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