Rape accused thrashed, tied to bullock cart and paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich

BAHRAICH: A man booked for rape was tied to a bullock cart, brutally assaulted and paraded unclothed by villagers in the Visheshwarganj locality of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.
A case was filed by the police on Friday following widespread circulation of a video on social media platforms. The footage shows a 22-year-old man, partially unclothed from the waist down, bound to a bullock cart.
The recording captures voices of several men and women in the background, with some individuals heard provoking a dog to attack the victim whilst others called for physical assault.
A voice can be heard saying, "Let it go, what if he dies?"
After the video went viral on Thursday, the victim's family lodged 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.
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 Thursday, they saw the video on social media... They have demanded strict action against those involved," he said.
"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, " said Visheshwarganj SHO Gyan Singh.
The additional superintendent of police (City) Ramanand Prasad Kushwaha stated that the individual faced charges in a rape case filed by a woman from a different community within the same village. The incident allegedly took place in early April, though the complaint was registered after a delay. The accused had been evading arrest since the registration of the FIR.
Kushwaha further mentioned that authorities were unaware of the assault until the video gained widespread circulation on social media.
"A separate case has now been registered regarding the assault and investigations are underway in both the rape case and the mob violence matter," he said.