Video: Man forced to lick his saliva as punishment for entering Sarpanch's house in Bihar
In yet another incident took place in Bihar, an elderly-looking man was forced to spit and lick for entering the Sarpanch's house without knocking.
The incident happened in the the Ajaipur town of Noorsarai hinder in Nalanda which is the home region of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The video of incident went viral on social media and therefore, a case was registered today against the perpetrators of the crime.
The 54-year-old man named Mahesh Thakur, a barber, had tried to enter the house allegedly without knocking on its door on Wednesday evening.
According to the media reports, the man had gone to meet the village head to avail a government scheme.
In an amateur video, the man can also be seen being beaten up with slippers by at least two women.
A panchayat sabha was called in the town the following day by the mukhiya Dayanand Manjhi and it chose the discipline in which the man was compelled to spit and after that lick it for his alleged wrongdoing.
Thakur's misery did not end there as he was then beaten by women with their slippers in full public view.
Nalanda, which is about 70 km from capital Patna, is the home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
After the video on the occurrence became famous online, Nalanda district magistrate Thiyagarajan S M and superintendent of police Sudhir Kumar Porika today ordered registration of FIR against eight people.
The accused included Manjhi and a village powerful man Dharmendra Yadav, who is the kin of the person in whose house Thakur had attempted to enter purportedly without permission, and the FIR was registered on the basis of the statement of the victim.
No arrests have been made so far as the accused are absconding, the SP told reporters.
The DM and SP said that conflicting information emerged after talking to villagers about the incident. While some said that Thakur tried to enter into the house at a time when only women family members were present, some others said that he had gone to seek 'khaini' (tobacco) from the houseowner not knowing that he was not at home.
Noorsarai Office in-charge has been entrusted with the probe into the incident and to catch the accused, the SP said.
Speaking to ANI, cabinet minister in the Bihar government, Nand Kishore Yadav said, "such incidents will not be tolerated, we will take strict action against the culprits.
-With PTI inputs.
Here is the video of incident:
