Kendrapada: In a shocking case, a girl was tied to tree and brutally beaten for allegedly being in a same-sex relations with a girl in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha.

Despite the Supreme Court’s historic verdict to decriminalise Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code last year, the victim who has been identified as Sarmila Malla, a resident of Chandol is brutally beaten for being in a relationship with a woman of her village for the past six months.

As per the report of Times of India, the girl was found sharing a bed with her girl partner. This made the villagers angry and they started beating the girl.

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Ganesh Parida, a resident of Chandol, told "We beat up and tied Sarmila to a tree in our village as she  is a lesbian. She is immoral and has besmirched the name of our village.”

Speaking about her ordeal, the victim said, "I was dragged out of my house by my neighbours. They beat me up and tied me to a tree. They abused and kicked me when my parents tried to rescue me. We are madly in love with each other."

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Post incident some villagers informed the police who rescued the girl from the villagers. The police have filed a case against some village residents for assaulting the girls.