Five brothers have been arrested in India after a man was paraded naked in the streets allegedly in punishment for a social media post, police said Wednesday.
Police said that the 38- year -old victim was kidnapped on Tuesday by the brothers , assaulted , and made to walk for 45 minutes around the western town of Khambhaliya with no clothes on .
“ An investigation revealed that the victim … used to do Facebook live videos on regular basis, ” police spokesman Hirendra Chaudhary said .
“ On Sunday , in a Facebook Live video ( the man ) made serious allegations against the five brothers and claimed that they were involved in criminal activities, ” Chaudhary told AFP.
The brothers were charged with illegal confinement , assault , use of criminal force with intent to dishonour person, criminal conspiracy , obscenity, and other offences .
Local police said that the victim has several gambling and alcohol convictions. Both are banned in Gujarat , Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s home state where the incident took place .
AFP
