Police arrested five people, including two sons and daughters-in-law of a middle-aged Dalit widow who was publicly beaten and paraded half naked in a village in Bihar&#39;s Gaya district. <img alt="Humiliated woman" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/woman.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 430px; " /> Representational pic Sonma Devi, a ward member of Lalu Panchayat under Mohanpur police station of the district, was injured when her sons and daughters-in-law assaulted her and forcibly cut her hair. They later paraded her half naked in Lalganj village Wednesday. Sonma Devi, mother of three sons, had called up the women&#39;s helpline to complain. &quot;Police arrested five accused, including two sons and daughters-in-law of the woman, and sent them to judicial custody,&quot; Deputy Superintendent of Police Rakesh Kumar said. Kumar said that Sonma Devi complained that her children abused, assaulted and humiliated her in a bid to get her to part with property. Some villagers said that the sons had cast aspersions on their mother&#39;s character and forced her out of the house before assaulting her. A case was lodged in the women&#39;s police station in Gaya against Sonma Devi&#39;s three sons and daughters-in-law on the basis of a directive from the women&#39;s helpine. Sonma Devi was admitted to Anugrah Narain Medical College and Hospital in Gaya for treatment. Mohanpur police station officer in-charge Pitambar Rai said that all accused would soon be chargesheeted and the case would be treated as that of a heinous crime. u00a0

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