In the video, the fisherman’s feet are tied and he is hung upside down from a crane. He is surrounded by five-six other fishermen who repeatedly ask him to confess to stealing a mobile phone.
Mangaluru: Police in Mangaluru has filed a case after a video went viral showing a fisherman hung upside down and beaten by his fellow fishermen on a fishing boat for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The victim fisherman has been identified as Vaila Sheenu and the incident took place in Dakke, south police station limits.
The 26-second video clip shows the man hanging upside down from a hook that appears to be attached to a weighing machine. His feet are tied and he is stripped up to his waist. He is surrounded by five-six other fishermen who repeatedly ask him to confess to stealing a mobile phone.
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“FIR has registered under multiple sections of IPC after a few fishermen, in a video, were seen thrashing another fisherman on a fishing boat for allegedly stealing a mobile phone,” said Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar.
The perpetrators have been identified as fishermen from Andhra Pradesh. A case has been registered in the city (south) police station under the appropriate provisions of the Indian Penal Code.
