UP shocker: Out for shopping, youth assaulted, forced to lick spit; 1 detained | Lucknow News
DEORIA: Police have detained a man after a video surfaced online showing a youth being assaulted with a belt and slippers, and forced to lick spit in Uttar Pradesh’s Gobarai village , officials said on Monday.The video from Gobarai village has been circulating on social media since Sunday evening.According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, her son was on his way to Deoria town for shopping around 3 pm on 29 November when four men from Sakra Par and Gobarai villages stopped him. The group allegedly assaulted him and forced him to lick spit.Later that night, the same group reportedly went to the complainant’s house, tried to break down a door, and pelted stones, the woman claimed.Station House Officer of Deoria Police Station, Vinod Kumar Singh, said, “A complaint has been filed by the youth’s mother. A person has been detained, and further action is underway. The remaining accused will be taken into custody soon.”
