Chikkamagaluru: The spread of coronavirus in the entire country is worrisome to all and the government has taken several measures to tackle it. Lockdown has been imposed across the country. The people are also conscious and are taking precautions to prevent coronavirus from spreading. 

Meanwhile, several shops and pharmacies in Chikkamagaluru District's Koppa, have grabbed the attention through their unique way of 'social distancing' method and it has become a role model for others as well.

Taking precautionary measures, many groceries, vegetable shops, and pharmacies in Koppa, have marked squares with a distance of a meter to maintain social distancing. Customers have to stand on the mark, which helps other customers to maintain the distance.

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Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.

The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.

The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.

According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.

As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.

The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.

Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.