LUCKNOW: Hours after a disturbing video showing a woman being tied up and brutally thrashed by a group of people over suspicion of child-lifting went viral on social media, Lucknow Police arrested three accused in the Indiranagar area on Tuesday.The incident took place near a poultry farm in the Sugamau area. According to police, the woman, a native of Barabanki, is mentally challenged. She had wandered into a nearby settlement of shanties early Tuesday morning and picked up a small child.Suspecting her to be a child-lifter, some residents allegedly caught hold of her, tied her up with a rope and assaulted her with sticks, kicks and punches.The woman’s husband, Sandeep Rawat, in his complaint to Indiranagar police, said he and his wife, Lakshmi Rawat, had left home around 5 am when the incident occurred.He alleged that Sunnyuddin, Sariful, Jamaluddin and five to seven unidentified persons attacked his wife, abused her and thrashed her after accusing her of attempting to kidnap a child.Rawat said he initially took his injured wife to Balrampur Hospital, where she was provided treatment and discharged. However, when she subsequently complained of abdominal pain, he admitted her to RML Hospital for further treatment.He said he later came across a video of the assault showing several people thrashing his wife, following which he approached the police and lodged a written complaint.Taking cognisance of the viral video, Indiranagar police initiated an inquiry and subsequently registered an FIR based on the husband’s complaint.Three accused have been arrested, while efforts are underway to identify and apprehend the remaining persons involved in the assault.Additional DCP, East Zone, Amol Murkut, told TOI that Sunnyudul, Mohammed Annuddin and Jamaluddin had been arrested. An FIR under BNS Sections 109 (attempt to murder), 191(2) (rioting), 191(3) (rioting with deadly weapons), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 352 (intentional insult intended to provoke a breach of peace) has been registered against them.
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