Four youths booked in Damoh for beating elderly man with belt after he objected to loud music

An elderly man in Damoh's Chainpura paid a heavy price for asking people to stop playing loud music. Four youths surrounded him over the matter and beat him with a belt for about half an hour. A crowd gathered at the spot during the assault. Someone recorded the entire incident and posted it on social media, and the video went viral on Thursday afternoon.

After the video surfaced, Kotwali police registered a case against the four youths and began searching for them.

The incident is said to have taken place in Bajariya Ward 4, under Kotwali police station limits. It was said that some people were playing music at high volume in Chainpura. The elderly man asked them to turn the sound off, but they did not listen. It was then said that the man went there with a knife used for cutting vegetables. On seeing the knife, the youths playing the music surrounded him and began beating him with a belt. The assault was said to have gone on for about half an hour, and a crowd gathered at the spot in the meantime.

It was also said that the youths who beat him had earlier gone to Kotwali to file a complaint against the elderly man. Meanwhile, the video of the incident went viral on social media. The video showed all four youths beating the elderly man. Police then took action against the youths.

Manish Kumar, the Kotwali TI, said a case had been registered against the four youths under sections relating to assault. Police are searching for them.