Galo paHan, 18, eloped with her lover, identified only as Vishnu, because their parents opposed their marriage since they belonged to different castes. When they returned a month later Galo pahan's enraged father, Banu Pahan, asked the residents of his village of Khunti to teach them a lesson. The couple were then stripped, shaved and paraded around as villagers rained blows and kicks on them. The couple were then thrown out of the village.