Six held for thrashing a youth by tying him to a tree in MP's Narmadapurm

The Makhan Nagar police arrested six persons for allegedly tying a youth to a tree and thrashing him over a trivial dispute. A video of the incident went viral on social media.

Narmadapuram (Madhya Pradesh): Six persons were arrested for allegedly beating a youth after tying him to a tree in the Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident that came to light, the accused are seen thrashing the victim, identified as Prakash Yadav. The incident took place in the Makhan Nagar police station limits in the district on Wednesday.

Prakash Yadav lodged a complaint with the local police station against the accused. In his complaint, Prakash said, "I had a dispute with Narayan Yadav. Involving the dispute, Narayan started abusing me. Narayan and his associates caught hold of me and tied me to a tree. They started beating me." Sources said, "Initially, the police registered a case against the accused under sections 294, 323, and 506 for assault and arrested three accused. The police added that new sections and arrested three more accused after the video of the incident went viral on social media.

Praveen Kumre, Inspector, Makhan Nagar said, "On the victim’s complaint, a case was registered against the three accused persons. Later, on examining the video, three more accused persons were identified. A case was registered under Sections 294, 323, 506, 342, and 147 against the accused. All the accused have been arrested. Further investigation, in this case, is underway."

Incidents of crime where some people reportedly taking the law into their own hands are coming to the fore time and again. Though police are taking action against the accused it seems that people with criminal mindset are not taking seriously and as a result, there is a rise in such incidents,