Accused of chain snatching in an e-rickshaw, women slapped him, pulled his hair, and paraded him.
A video from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh is rapidly going viral on social media. In this video, some women are seen beating up a woman in the middle of the market. They are slapping her repeatedly and parading her in the city while pulling her hair. The video is from Barhaj town of Deoria. The police have taken cognizance of this video viral on social media and started investigating the case. However, the victim or the accused have not been identified yet.
According to the police, the victim has not yet complained to the police. According to Barhaj Kotwal Rahul Singh, some women were traveling in an e-rickshaw. Meanwhile, some women accused a woman of chain snatching. When the ruckus increased, the woman got down from the e-rickshaw and started running. In such a situation, all the women ran and caught the woman and slapped her, pulled her hair, and made her parade on the road in that condition for about an hour.
The video went viral on social media.
During this time, a large number of people gathered on the road and kept watching the spectacle. However, none of these people intervened nor informed the police. Someone from the crowd captured the entire incident on his mobile phone camera and after a while posted it on the social media platform X, tagging the Deoria police. This video was shared by a large number of people in no time.
After this, Deoria police took cognizance of the matter and started an investigation. According to Barhaj Kotwal Rahul Singh, no complaint has been received regarding this incident so far. However, the police are investigating the viral video at its level. In this, the police are trying to identify the accused and the victim women. A policeman is also seen in the viral video, but he too seems to be a mute spectator.