Police have arrested six persons in connection with the barbaric “punishment” handed to a homemaker for her alleged affair by a village salishi sabha last Thursday.

After a salishi sabha was held, she was dragged out of home, stripped and forced to parade through the village, during which people shot videos of her humiliation.

On Sunday, police came to know about it when the videos appeared on social media. The victim, who had fled after the torture, was spotted in Assam and was hospitalised.

Police spoke to the woman who named 12 villagers. Accordingly, four police teams were formed and late on Sunday, three persons were arrested, followed by three more on Monday, said Bholanath Pandey, SP, Alipurduar.

The woman was sent to her parents’ home in Assam.

Search is on to nab the rest of those named by the victim.

The trio arrested on Sunday night were produced in a local court on Monday and remanded in police custody for 12 days.

“The other three would be produced on Tuesday,” said a source.

The woman was sent to her parents in Assam after a medical examination and counselling, police said.

“A probe is on. We hope to nab the remaining six persons soon. Those in custody would be interrogated for more information,” a police officer said.