Cigarette vendor thrashed for asking payment, video goes viral
- By Web Desk -
- May 24, 2023
A disturbing video of youngsters thrashing a cigarette vendor with sticks and belts in India is going viral.
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India news agency Times of India reported that the incident happened in the Deen Dayal Nagar area in Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh.
The age-restricted video the vendor being violently beaten with sticks and belt. The attackers reportedly got angry after being asked for payment.
It is not the first time that shopkeepers and street vendors have been beaten by people for monetary reasons.
Earlier, a Karachi cop allegedly tortured and arrested a street vendor who refused to give free-of-cost ‘channa chaat’ to him.
The incident took place in the Gulshan-e-Hadeed area of Karachi. Street vendor Riaz Bhutto dared to refuse to give free-of-cost channa chat to a policeman. The cop vented anger on the street vendor and sent him behind bars.
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The locals lodged a complaint to the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir. Later, the vendor was released from lock-up by the policemen. He told the media that he dared to demand money from the cops for serving the channa chaat to them which made them angry.
He said that he was tortured and locked up in the police station by the cops.