A 34-year-old man was stripped half-naked, slapped and forced to lift a shoe with his mouth in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa. The incident came to light after the video of the incident went viral on social media.
The police arrested the main accused, 55-year-old man, Jawahar Singh and his two accomplices.
The video was recorded, back in 2021 in Piprahi village which comes under the jurisdiction of Hanuman police station. The victim can be seen half-naked in the video with his hands tied back as he pleads for mercy desperately. The attackers were seen forcing him to pick up the shoe with his mouth as they punched him. Police have suspected that the act was a result of a property dispute.
Brutal assault in MP: Jawahar Gond attacked Jai Prakash Gupta, recording the incident, and threatened him with the SC/ST Act. Gond’s wife is the Sarpanch, and he works in Education Department. #Mauganj #Rewa #MadhyaPradeshpic.twitter.com/gH0KDwS4i2— Piku (@risingsurbhi) July 23, 2023
The police have registered an FIR against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and they have been remanded in judicial custody by a local court. While prime accused Jawahar Singh was from the Gond tribe, the victim belonged to an upper caste.
In another incident reported recently, a viral video showed a man being forced to lick the soles of another person’s feet in Gwalior. The video was taken inside a moving car and two people were arrested in connection to the incident.