2 arrested for beating youth inside temple, police say he was looking for neighbour

“Ishaan suffered injuries and has been provided medical treatment. In the video, four persons are seen thrashing Ishaan. All the four persons have been identified. We have arrested two of them, identified as Aman Saxena and Himanshu Tandon — both in their 20s. Efforts are on to trace the other two accused,” said Station House Officer (Qila police station) Rajeev Kumar.

The four have been booked under IPC section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), said the officer.

According to police, Ishaan, who is also in his 20s, works in a private firm in Hyderabad and had recently come to visit his home. On Friday, his neighbour, a 28-year-old Hindu woman asked him to accompany her in searching her elder sister, who had left home after having an argument.

“While they were passing by a temple, the woman told Ishaan to check her sister in the temple. When they entered the temple premises, they found the elder sister sitting there… The two then started to convince her to return home. In the meantime, the four men arrived at the spot and started asking Ishan his identity. Suddenly, the accused four men started thrashing Ishaan. The two women tried to convince the accused, but they were not ready to listen. The matter was resolved when others intervened,” added the SHO.

Ishaan did not lodge a complaint with the police after the incident, said the officer, adding the FIR was registered after they came to know about the viral video.

According to police, Aman and Himanshu work in a private firm in Bareilly. While Aman’s house is around 15 km from the temple where the incident took place, Himanshu’s house is around one km from the temple. Police said that both Himanshu and Aman did not know Ishaan before.