Gaya: Four persons were arrested after a video showing a group of local youths allegedly assaulting a man and misbehaving with a woman near a hill in Sherghati was circulated on social media, police said on Wednesday.The incident reportedly took place on Monday afternoon in Mahuadih locality under Sherghati police station area. According to police, a man from Gurua and a woman from Sherghati had gone to the area on a motorcycle to visit the hills when they were allegedly stopped by a group of local youths.The man was allegedly assaulted and the keys of his motorcycle were taken away, police said. The youths also recorded the incident, a video of which was later circulated through social media.In the video, one of the youths can allegedly be seen holding a stick and questioning the man and woman about their presence at the spot. The woman is heard asking whether people were not allowed to visit the place.Gaya SSP Sushil Kumar said police contacted the alleged victims after the video came to their notice and registered an FIR. “Four persons, including Shree Manjhi, Dinesh Manjhi, Upendra Singh and Pradeep Ram, all residents of Mahuadih village under Sherghati police station area, have been arrested in connection with the incident. Raids continued till late Tuesday evening,” he said.The SSP said the link to the viral video had been forwarded to the authorities concerned for takedown.
