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 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 kick on them. The couple were then thrown out of the village.