Family attacked for gym ownership

CCTV footage shows man being disrobed and brutally thrashed while pleading for mercy

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @New Delhi

A man was assaulted, his wife was allegedly molested, and his son was stripped and beaten in full public view following a dispute over the ownership of a gym in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area, police said.

The incident took place on Friday around 4 pm, a police official said. CCTV footage of the assault, which later went viral on social media, showed a man being stripped on the road and brutally thrashed by a group of people while he pleaded for mercy. According to police, a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and one of the accused has been arrested in connection with the incident. The woman lodged a detailed police complaint on the same day.