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The announcement of youths to run an awareness campaign to make the village liquor-free, went to the liquor mafia. They picked up one of the announcers and took him to an isolated place and brutally thrashed him with sticks. To spread their terror, made a video of the beating of the young man and shared it on social media. The case pertains to village Kailash in Taranagar tehsil of Churu. In this case, the police has arrested 4 accused.
Police have arrested four accused of assaulting a youth of village Kailash in Taranagar tehsil of Churu and sharing its video on social media.
Investigating Officer Rajgarh Police Officer Subhashchandra said that the villagers of Kailash village of Taranagar tehsil of Churu district had resolved to make liquor free a few months ago. A call was given to close illegal liquor shops in the village. But the liquor mafia found this thing exasperating. They put Rajendra Singh, a young man of the village, in a camper van and took him to a deserted place near Taranagar. There he was stripped naked and brutally beaten with wet branches of a tree and stripped of his skin. He also made a video of it. Although this matter is said to be five-six months old, but on August 24, when the video was shared on social media, the matter again came up for discussion.
The victim’s brother filed a case
Station Officer Subhashchandra said that after the video surfaced on social media, the victim’s brother Ashok Singh, a resident of Kailash, registered a case at Taranagar police station on August 25. It has been told in the report that on the evening of August 24, accused Vinod Meghwal put the video in the WhatsApp group of the village, after which his brother Rajendra Singh left the house without informing. There is no contact with him. Liquor seller Mahavir, Indra Poonia is still threatening to teach a lesson to those opposing the sale of liquor by abusing them personally and on mobile. At the same time, by making audio recordings viral on other WhatsApp groups made in the village, they are spreading fear among the villagers. After the case was registered, the police arrested Naresh Kumar, Sunil, Naseem and Rahul on Saturday night on charges of making the video viral after assault. The police produced the four youths in the court on Sunday and took them on remand for two days. They will be questioned when the video was made and by whom.
The police have taken the four accused of assault and video sharing on remand for two days by presenting them in the court on Sunday.
The accused were seen brutally beating in the video
In the video being shared, it can be seen that the victims take the young man to a deserted place like a rugged place and beat him up and force him to take off his paint. After stripping the young man naked, they show arrogance and beat him with sticks. The person making the video laughs seeing him getting beaten up. The victim youth begs for mercy by saying brother-in-law, but the accused keep beating him. The faces of the accused can also be seen in the video.
On opposing Rajendra, started enmity
In the police report, the victim’s brother said that Vinod Meghwal of his village and 5-6 of his other companions used to sell illegal liquor in a public place in the village, which his brother Rajendra protested several times. Because of this, these people started having enmity with Rajendra Singh. They had made a video of the thrashing and had threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the video.
On August 15, the atmosphere heated up again after the talks of prohibition
Kailash resident Ashok Singh said that on August 15, a memorandum was given to the police and excise department by the villagers in the village school to stop the sale of liquor in the village. The time when a video was made of the talk of prohibition in school. At that time I was also present there and agreed to get liquor banned. Due to the support of liquor ban, Mahavir Meghwal came to our house on the evening of 24th August and threatened that your brother Rajendra used to oppose our sale of liquor. We got his mouth shut, which you can now see somewhere in the village.