Durg: A video of 3 saints being brutally beaten up in Chhattisgarh's Durg is becoming fiercely viral. The mob thrashed these saints fiercely over rumours of child-lifting. Three saints were caught and beaten up by locals on suspicion of being child lifters in Charoda Basti of Bhilai 3 police station area of Durg. The police have come into action after the video of the beating went viral.

Durg SP Abhishek Pallavaya said that these saints were talking to the children in a suspicious manner, which spread rumours that they have come to steal the child, according to them (saints), they are from Rajasthan but no identity card has been received from them, we will appeal to the people not to take the law into their hands. It is being said that there was a rumour of child theft in Charoda village of Bhilai-3 police station area. Due to this, the people of the village caught 3 saints and started beating them a lot. The villagers beat the saints so much that they bled. The saints kept appealing to the people not to beat with folded hands, but the villagers did not agree and kept beating them.

After receiving the news of the case, the police team of Dial-112 also reached the spot. By the time the crowd was somehow pacified, the saints had been brutally beaten up. This video of the assault was made viral by someone. As soon as the video went viral, there was a ruckus and the police swung into action. Bhilai-3 police station in-charge Manish Sharma said that the case of assault is in the information, and a case is being registered against those who have assaulted the saints, the police of Bhilai-3 police station have started investigating the case since yesterday. There have been many incidents of beating someone due to rumours of child theft in Durg. Durg district Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava confirmed the incident. He said that in Charoda village of Bhilai-3 police station area, the people of the village have beaten up 3 people dressed as saints on the rumour of child theft, AN FIR has been registered under IPC sections, MLC has been done and the people involved in it will be arrested.

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