Tribal youth beaten up, made to drink urine, left thinking he was dead, family tells the whole story

UP Crime: After the video went viral, Sonbhadra police has arrested the main accused.

Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Evening time. Several people are attacking a youth. The youth’s body is bleeding, his clothes are torn but the attackers in the group are beating him with kicks and punches. Then one of the attackers grabs the youth’s hair and starts urinating on his face. One of the crowd trampling him with feet screams, “Will you say anything? We will cut you into pieces and throw you here #%&..”

All this is visible in the viral video on social media. In Sonbhadra, UP, a 22-year-old tribal youth was beaten badly by goons and also urinated on him. After this, a video was made and made viral. Police has taken the main accused into custody. 2 teams have been deployed to catch the other 4 accused.

“Stopped at gunpoint, made to drink urine, left thinking he was dead”

Kamal Kharwar* (name changed to hide identity) of the Scheduled Tribe community lives in Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra. This incident happened with him.

According to the complaint filed by the family, Kamal had gone to drop a friend to T-C-A Colony that day. Then the main accused Ankit Bharti stopped the car in front of the railway culvert near barrier number 1. The second accused stopped Kamal at gunpoint while another accused started hitting him with a rod. Apart from this, 4-5 more boys came who also attacked him with a knife. Finally, thinking Kamal was dead, they fled from there.

“Kamal was kidnapped and made to drink urine, he was beaten with a rod and left half dead. The leaders of the gang that carried out this heinous crime are Ankit Bharti and Shravan. This gang does bike theft, mobile-chain snatching, selling drugs and beating people for money.” Family in the complaint given to the police

Complaint given by the family

The victim’s brother while talking to Quint Hindi said that Ankit Bharti and his gang had attacked Kamal before this as well. At that time Kamal was attacked with a knife on his neck and the marks of the knife attack are still there on his neck. The brother alleges that the police did not take any action then.

In the complaint given by Kamal’s family, it has been told that at least 4 FIRs were registered against Ankit Bharti earlier in 2022 and 2023.

Main accused in police custody, team formed to catch 4 others

Additional Superintendent of Police Kalu Singh said that on the evening of 26 September, around 7 pm, near Barrier No. 1, the victim Kamal Kharwar was surrounded by the main accused Ankit Bharti and seven-eight other youths and beaten up. After this, the victim was also urinated upon while other youths stood and kept making a video of it.

According to the information given by the police, the accused who carried out the incident are from the victim’s locality.

After the incident, the victim’s family took him to Baidhan Hospital in Madhya Pradesh for treatment. No information was given by them to the police station or UP-112. However, after the video went viral, the police of Shaktinagar police station took cognizance of the tweet and contacted the victim’s brother.

Talking to The Quint, Pipri Circle Officer Amit Kumar said that the victim also has 2-3 cases registered against him and he used to work with the main accused Ankit Bharti on many occasions. However, Kamal’s brother has denied this.

FIR registered in the case

The FIR was registered on the basis of the complaint of the victim’s brother in which 5 named accused were made on the basis of the following sections:

• Section 191(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC): Punishment for the offence of simple riot
• Section 191(3) of the IPC: Violence with deadly weapon in an unlawful assembly
• Section 190 of the IPC: Related to offences related to unlawful assembly
• Section 115(2) of the IPC: Punishment for the offence of voluntarily causing hurt
• Section 352 of the IPC: Intentional insult with intent to disturb public peace
• Section 351(2) of the IPC: Punishment for criminal intimidation
• Section 109 of the IPC: Offence of attempt to murder
• Section 117 (2) of the IPC: Punishment for the offence of causing grievous hurt
• Section 133 of the IPC: Insult Assault or use of criminal force with intent to commit
• 7 CLA Act: Molestation of a person with prejudice towards employment or business

Update given by the police in the case

The police has taken the main accused Ankit Bharti into custody while two police teams have been deployed to arrest the remaining four accused – Shravan Kumar, Pritam, Nikhil Kumar and Ravi Ravan.

Courtesy : Hindi News