A terrible incident was witnessed at Itarsi railway station after a youth was tied with the window of train and was beaten by three men for drinking water from another passenger’s bottle in Patliputra Express train on March 25; the incident surfaced after the video became viral on Monday.
later in the evening on Tuesday, the police arrested the accused Ravi, Vaidram and Vicky.
According to the police, the victim Sumit Kachhi was beaten brutally by the three miscreants who were on their way to Mumbai.
The incident took place at around 11pm on March 25 when the victim Sumit Kachhi, a resident of Jabalpur was travelling to Mumbai in Patliputra Express.
The miscreants were infuriated after the victim had water without their permission and they started to beat the victim and later they tied him with the window and hit him with belts.
At around 4 am when the train reached Itarsi station the victim was rescued by a vendor at Itarsi railway station and later a complaint was lodged with the Government Railway Police (GRP) and based on the complaint an FIR has been registered against the miscreants and search for the three accused has been started.
Accused were from Patna district of Bihar and in the initial investigation it was found that the three were on their way to Mumbai to take competition examination.
In the video which got viral on Monday, the victim could be witnessed tied to the window and pleading for help but none of the passengers rescued the victim and stopped the miscreants from beating the victim who was brutally beaten with belts. The victim works in Mumbai and was returning to
work.