In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old Dalit youth was brutally thrashed with sticks by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district, NDTV reported.
The attackers also allegedly inserted a stick in the private of the youth.
A video of the incident was shot and it went viral on social media.
In the video, one can see a person ask the caste of the boy, which is followed by him being pulled by his hair, elbowed, kicked, beaten with sticks even on his private parts by the group.
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Police said a person has been arrested in the case and police teams have been formed to find the two other culprits.
The culprits were identified from the viral video.
The horrific incident took place in Kanpur Dehat district on July 7.
The boy provides tents for functions and he was allegedly spotted talking to the sister of the culprit twice.
Followed by this, the culprit went to the boy’s house and assaulted him.
The victim’s family alleged that initially cops had refused to lodge an FIR and threatened to book him on charges of molestation.