Video: Woman sarpanch thrashed with sticks, rods in UP’s Azamgarh, 5 arrested

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A conflict over the construction of a canopy on a road led to a violent altercation involving sarpanch Lakshmi Devi and her neighbour in Azamgarh district..

A video showing a woman sarpanch being ruthlessly thrashed in the Raunapar police station area of Azamgarh district is going viral on social media..

Upon learning of the incident, district officials ordered the registration of a case based on the video and a written complaint from the village head...

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