The video images of two youths — suspected to have stolen five plastic chairs — tied with ropes, hung upside down from a tree and beaten up brutally by some baton-wielding men in a village of Bihar’s Kaimur district have shocked the State. Four accused persons were arrested on Monday while two remained absconding.
The incident took place in Sonbarsa village on Saturday after the wedding ceremony of Mahangu Bind’s daughter. After the baraat (groom’s relatives) left for Ballia district of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh with the bride the next day, five plastic chairs and some other goods were found missing. Suspecting that Raj Kumar Bind and Birbal Bind, both in their early 20s, had stolen the stuff, Mahangu Bind called them to his house, had them tied up, hung them upside down from a tree branch and beat them with batons.
They released the duo only after their family paid them ₹3,000 as compensation for the missing goods. The victims were, initially, reluctant to lodge a complaint but when district officials assured them of security, they filed a case.
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