An Indian woman has been tied to a pole and beaten by villagers over an unpaid loan she used to start a hotel.
The woman, named locally as Rajamma, looks helpless as onlookers in Bengaluru, southern India say, ‘beat her up with slippers and brooms’
Rajamma was believed to be living in Kollegal, Karnataka region with her daughter but took loans from people in the Kodigehalli area north of Bengaluru to start up a hotel.
It is believed she had taken out loans of up to Rs 50,000 (£560) from some people.
However after suffering heavy losses, she could not afford to pay them back. Villagers then found her and tied her to a pole in Bengaluru and allegedly told her to return the money,
