Bihar: Young man thrashed, forced to lick spit; Family learns of assault after video goes viral
Muzaffarpur: In a horrific incident, a young man in Bihar's Muzaffarpur was brutally assaulted by a group of men inside a college campus, who also allegedly forced him to lick their spit.
The video of the incident, which has gone viral, shows the bullies physically abusing the victim, identified as Nabi Hasan, with a stick and a belt, and making him do sit-ups holding his ears.
A large crowd gathered to witness the attack. However, no one stepped in to stop the violence or help the victim.
Meanwhile, Hasan’s family got to know about the assault only after the video went viral on Facebook. His mother said the accused threatened to kill him at knifepoint, due to which he had kept quiet, as reported by NDTV on Sunday. But when asked about the video, he revealed everything about the incident and his mother went to the police.
The victim's mother lodged a complaint and mentioned that her son had gone to Banaras Bank Chowk for household work when the accused allegedly cornered him and dragged Hasan to the ground. She said that her son kept pleading with them to stop the torture, but they refused, noting that they continued beating him and forced him to do sit-ups and lick spit, added the report. She further alleged that the accused snatched Rs 2,000 from him.
An FIR has been registered, but the accused are yet to be arrested.
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Mandya: Curtains on 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana; Ballari to be venue for next literature featival
Mandya: Curtains came down the 87th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in the city on Saturday night, with the Kannada Sahitya Parishad declaring that the next Kannada literature festival will be organized in Ballari district in 2025.
In a meeting held at a private hospital here on Sunday night, representatives of the Kannada Sahitya Parishads of all districts of the state came to a unanimous decision that Ballari would be the venue for the 88th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, giving the border district the privilege of hosting a Kannada literature festival after 66 years.
Some of the representatives suggested Chikkamagaluru and New Delhi too while the matter of venue for the next Sammelana was raised, but the members finalized on Ballari as the district that would host the next literature festival.
The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was organized in Ballari in the pre-Independence era in the years 1926 and 1938. After Independence, the festival was organized at the Municipal College grounds in the city and presided over by Jnanpith Award-winning Kannada writer VK Gokak.
