In a disturbing video on social media, a 17-year-old boy is being thrashed, forced to smoke a cigarette and lick shoes over a monetary dispute of Rs 2000 in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. The video is now doing rounds on social media and led to the arrest of one of the four offenders, police said on Saturday
One of the four accused, Deepak Passi (20) has been arrested. All the accused have been charged with kidnapping and assault, Inspector Sahadev Sahu of Gora Bazar police station said.
"The incident happened due to a dispute over Rs 2,000. When the victim did not return home on Thursday night, a missing person complaint was filed by his parents. Later the video of the boy being thrashed surfaced," he said.
The police's probe has found that the four accused took the victim to a ground in Nayagaon area, where one of them slapped him multiple times, while another tried to make him smoke a cigarette, and all of them forced him to clean and lick their shoes.
Passi was arrested two days ago, the official added.
With PTI Inputs
