Police in West Chamaparan arrested four accused on Friday night who were allegedly involved in thrashing a girl after tying her with a pillar using ropes. The matter surfaced after the video of the incident surfaced on Friday.
Bagaha SP Arvind Kumar told TOI on Saturday over the phone that the incident took place on Thursday at village Kathaiyya under Naurangia police station area in the Bagaha police district of West Champaran.
“The arrested persons have been identified as Sursen Kumar (25), Hansraj Kumar (27), Kanwal Kumar (22) and Meghnath Bargharia (23),” the SP said. He said that an FIR was also lodged with the Naurangiya police station on basis of a written complaint submitted by the victim.
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He said that the incident took place when the victim had gone to her friend’s residence to meet her.
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“Though the incident took place on Thursday, the video and photos of the girl being thrashed after being ties with pillar surfaced on Friday,” SP Kumar said.
He also said that immediately a team in the leadership of Sadar SDPO Sanjeev Kumar was formed which arrested the four accused.
He said that the area is a belt of Tharu tribes and two girls had dispute almost a month back after which a local meeting among the tribes headed by their head known as ‘gomashta’ was held in which the victim was barred from meeting the friend with whom she had dispute, the SP said quoting the victim’s written complaint.
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