Police in Bhavnagar (a city in Gujarat state, western India) publicly flogged a man accused of beating his partner to death, with footage of the incident spreading widely on social media. Officers restrained Faizal Lakhani with ropes and struck him with a bamboo baton at the alleged crime scene, with one officer justifying the act as a deterrent against violence towards women. The incident has drawn mixed reactions, with some praising the police while others condemned the extrajudicial punishment, noting that Lakhani has not yet been convicted — and that India's Supreme Court has explicitly prohibited such treatment of suspects.