Fifteen arrested over beating and parading Indian woman

    Police in India have arrested 15 men after a woman was beaten and paraded naked.

    The woman was accused by a mob of murdering a man in eastern India's Bihar state. Police say they set fire to the woman’s house, beat her and dragged her through the streets.

    The incident took place on Monday after the body of Vimlesh Shah, 19, was found near a railway track in Bhojpur district.

    The woman is undergoing treatment at hospital.

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