Barmer, Aug. 5 -- A 40-year-old tribal woman was allegedly called a "witch", assaulted and humiliated by a group of villagers in a tribal-dominated village, around 30 km from Rajasthan's Sirohi district headquarters, police said.

The woman alleged that the villagers beat her, cut her hair, tore her clothes and forced her and her husband to leave the village. The couple approached the Sirohi superintendent of police (SP) on Tuesday seeking protection, alleging threats and harassment.

Sirohi's superintendent of police (SP) Puspendra Singh Rathore said that a complaint was received, following which an investigation was initiated.

The woman in her complaint said that after two deaths occurred in the village in recent days, some villagers a...