Man tied to tree, beaten up, his head tonsured and forced to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’ in UP village, 2 held after viral video
Bulandshahr SSP Shlok Kumar suspended with immediate effect the in-charge of the Kakod police station, Amar Singh, for allegedly not taking any action against the accused and, instead, sending the victim to jail.
In her complaint to the area police station, Sahil’s sister Rubeena, 25, said her brother is a daily-wage earner. He left home in the morning of June 14 to whitewash a house in the village, she told the police. (Twitter/@asadowaisi) A 28-year-old man was allegedly tied to a tree, beaten up, his head tonsured and forced to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on suspicion of mobile phone theft by three men in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh on June 14.
The police, however, initially reportedly arrested the victim, Sahil Khan, and sent him to jail on June 15 after allegedly recovering a knife from his possession and took no action against those who assaulted him even though her sister approached them after witnessing a purported video of the torture that happened in the Wair village.
On the intervention of Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the three accused — Saurabh Thakur, Gajendra and Dhani Pandit — Saturday (June 17). The SSP said Saurabh Thakur and Gajendra were arrested while raids to nab Dhami Pandit were on.
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