Amid an uproar over the Sidhi urination incident in Madhya Pradesh, a video has now surfaced showing a man being thrashed and forced to lick the soles of another person's feet in a moving vehicle in Gwalior, following which two persons have been arrested, police said on Saturday.
Preliminary investigation shows that it was a case of revenge attack as the victim had allegedly attacked the accused last month.
The victim and the accused are residents of Dabra town in Gwalior district, an official said.
The viral video shows the victim being slapped several times by another man, who also forces the former to say, "Golu Gurjar baap hai" in a moving vehicle.
The victim is then seen licking the soles of the feet of the man after the latter forces him to do so. The accused is also seen slapping the victim repeatedly and verbally abusing him. In another video clip, the accused is seen hitting the victim on his face with footwear several times.
Speaking about the incident, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said two persons have been arrested in connection with this incident.
Dabra Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Vivek Kumar Sharma said, "A video went viral on social media on Friday evening that shows a man being thrashed in a vehicle. The video clip is being sent for a forensic examination."
A case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for abduction and beating following the complaint of the victim's family, Sharma said.
Gwalior's Superintendent of Police Rajesh Chandel said the victim, identified as Mohsin Khan, beat up Golu Gurjar, the accused in the current case, on May 21. Gurjar had lodged a complaint in Dabra police station.
On June 30, Golu Gurjar and his associates abducted Khan and thrashed him, he said.
The police officer said a case was registered at Vishwavidyalaya police station and two of the accused were arrested for thrashing Khan in the moving vehicle.
Earlier this week, a video showed a man urinating on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of the state, which triggered national outrage. The accused, Pravesh Shukla, was arrested and slapped with NSA.
On June 30, two Dalit men were allegedly beaten up by members of a minority community on the suspicion that they molested and filmed some girls at Varkhadi village in Shivpuri district.
