Pune: Two school students were beaten up, stripped and paraded because they allegedly teased and stalked a girl, police said today.
The incident took place in Warje Malwadi area of Pune on May 16. Its video was circulated on social media.
#WATCH Pune: 2 boys beaten & paraded naked by group of men after they allegedly molested a girl.4 arrested in connection with this act(16/5) pic.twitter.com/SmvcNC979Y
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2017
Police have arrested four persons including the girl’s father under sections 355 (assault with intent to dishonour a person), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 323 (causing hurt) of IPC.
The boys were accused of teasing and stalking a girl in their class.
On May 16, the girl’s father, brother and two others beat them up. “They also stripped the two boys and paraded them naked on the road,” a police officer said.
The mother of one of the boys approached the police after seeing the video of the incident.
PTI