Bihar horror: Man forced to lick his own saliva, beaten with slippers in CM Nitish Kumar's home district Nalanda
A video of the incident went viral on social media. No arrests have been made so far, Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Porika told reporters. The accused are absconding.
In Short
- The victim is a 54-year-old barber
- He tried to enter a man's home, allegedly without permission
- He was beaten in full public view
A man was forced to lick his own saliva in Bihar's Nalanda district as punishment for trying to enter the home of an influential man in a village, allegedly without permission.
A case was registered today against the perpetrators of the crime, after a video on the incident went viral on social media. The incident took place yesterday, at Azadpur village, which is served by Noorsarai police station.
The 54-year-old man named Mahesh Thakur, a barber, had tried to enter the house on Wednesday evening, allegedly without knocking on its door.
A panchayat sabha was called in the village the next day by the mukhiya Dayanand Manjhi and it decided on the punishment. The man was forced to spit and then lick his saliva.
Thakur's misery didn't end there. Women then beat him with their slippers in full public view.
Such incidents will not be tolerated, we will take strict action against the culprits: Nand Kishore Yadav,Bihar Minister on Nalanda incident pic.twitter.com/gcuv5Ur7M9- ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2017
Nalanda, which is about 70 km from capital Patna, is the home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. After the video of the incident went viral, Nalanda district magistrate Thiyagarajan S M and Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Porika ordered that an FIR be registered against eight people.
The accused included Manjhi and an influential man in the village, Dharmendra Yadav. Yadav is related to the person whose house Thakur had tried to enter, and the FIR was registered on the basis of the victim's statement.
No arrests have been made so far, as the accused are absconding, the SP told reporters.
The DM and SP said conflicting information emerged after talking to villagers about the incident. While some said that Thakur tried to enter into the house at a time when only women family members were present, others said that he had gone to seek khaini (tobacco) from the house-owner, not knowing that he was not at home.
The Noorsarai Office in-charge has been entrusted with the probe into the incident and with catching the accused, the SP said.
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