VIDEO OF YOUTH BEING STRIPPED, THRASHED GOES VIRAL, FIR LODGED

A video that went viral on social media on Monday night showed a youth being thrashed with sticks, tortured and forced to take off his clothes at Beli Kachhar area under Cantonment police station on June 4. SSP Sarvshrestha Tripathi said an FIR has been lodged in this connection and raids were being carried out to arrest the assailants seen in the video. Primary investigations have revealed that the incident took place on June 4 and was fallout of an earlier clash between two groups on May 31, he added.

The video showed that a youth in scanty clothes was being assaulted by some persons with sticks who were using abusive words.