Two tribal sisters in Madhya Pradesh were assaulted with sticks by their relatives for allegedly chatting with their uncle's sons over the phone, said police. Seven people were arrested in connection with the incident, which took place in June after a video of it went viral on social media platforms, they said.

In the video, several people, including a woman, were purportedly seen hitting the victims with sticks and dragging them by their hair. The victims, aged 19 and 20, were beaten up by their kin on June 22 in Pipalva village, located around 70 km from Dhar district headquarters, Tanda police station in-charge Vijay Vaskale said. On June 25, we came across a video in which two women were seen being beaten up. While verifying the clip, we came to know that their family members were involved in this," he said.