Minor beaten, paraded naked after entering accused’s house; 4 arrested

Chowk SHO Nagesh Upadhyay told HT that the teenager, identified as a resident of Shravasti, worked at a shop owned by one of the accused. On the night of the incident about 3-4 days ago, he allegedly entered the house of another accused. “Instead of informing the police, the accused took the law into their own hands,” Upadhyay said.

A group of men allegedly beat a minor, abused him and paraded him naked through a street instead of informing the police after he entered the house of one of them. A video of the incident went viral on social media, prompting Chowk police to arrest four men, police said on Wednesday.

Police said they took cognisance of a viral video and arrested four accused involved in the incident. (For representation)

Chowk SHO Nagesh Upadhyay told HT that the teenager, identified as a resident of Shravasti, worked at a shop owned by one of the accused. On the night of the incident about 3-4 days ago, he allegedly entered the house of another accused.

“Instead of informing the police, the accused took the law into their own hands,” Upadhyay said.

The purported video, which came to police notice through social media on Tuesday, shows the teenager being assaulted inside a room before being taken onto the street naked. The men are also seen abusing him and threatening to kill him.

Police said they immediately took cognisance of the viral video and identified five accused involved in the incident as Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Shaban, Jaan Mohammad, Irshad and Etisham.

According to officials, a case was registered at Chowk police station under sections of the BNS relating to rioting, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, assault and other offences.

“A manhunt has been launched for Etisham, while further probe is underway,” the SHO said.

Police said they were also investigating why the teenager entered the house and the individual roles of those involved.