Rape Suspect Beaten, Bound To Bullock Cart, Exhibited Naked In UP

A man charged with rape was reportedly tied to a bullock cart, beaten, and paraded without clothes by residents in the Visheshwarganj region of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh. On Friday, authorities filed a case after a video of the event spread widely on social media.

The video claims to depict a 22-year-old male, with his lower half exposed, bound to a bullock cart. Several men and women can be heard in the background, with some urging a dog to assault him while others cheer on a beating.

A voice can be heard saying, “Let it go, what if he dies?”

After the video became widely circulated, the victim’s family filed a complaint with the local police.

“Based on a written complaint by a woman, an FIR has been registered against unidentified individuals under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for assault and causing harm,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramesh Pandey said on Friday.

Mr Pandey said the complainant alleged that her brother-in-law was tied with ropes and beaten near a village on April 3.

“The family arranged for his treatment and later, on April 17, they saw the video on social media… They have demanded strict action against those involved,” he said.

Visheshwarganj SHO Gyan Singh told , “Though the incident involves individuals from two different communities, there is no evidence of communal tension. However, police forces have been deployed in the village as a precautionary measure.”

The Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Ramanand Prasad Kushwaha, stated that the individual had been charged in a rape case filed by a woman from a different community in the same village. The supposed incident took place in early April, but the report was submitted a few days afterward. He had been fleeing ever since the FIR was filed.

Mr. Kushwaha stated that the attack was not reported to the authorities prior to the video’s widespread circulation.