<p>A 34-year-old man was stripped half-naked, punched, and forced to pick up a shoe with his mouth in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, following which the prime accused and his two accomplices were arrested based on the viral video, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The victim, with his hands tied behind his back, is seen pleading for mercy in the video clip, which is more than two years old.</p>.<p>A property dispute seems to be the prima facie trigger behind the crime, a police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/man-set-on-fire-by-wife-in-laws-in-uttar-pradesh-succumbs-to-injuries-1240084.html">Man set on fire by wife, in-laws in Uttar Pradesh, succumbs to injuries</a></strong></p>.<p>“On seeing the video, we have arrested the prime accused Jawahar Singh (55), a member of the Gond tribe, and his two accomplices,” Rewa Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>He said the video, which started doing rounds of social media last week, was recorded in May 2021 at Piprahi village under the Hanumna police station limits in Rewa.</p>.<p>While the prime accused is tribal, the victim is an upper caste, according to police.</p>.<p>The police officer said the prime accused is employed as a clerk at a government school and is the husband of a village sarpanch.</p>.<p>"He kidnapped the other man, stripped him half naked, tied his hands behind the back, punched him, and made him pick up a shoe by his mouth," the SP said.</p>.<p>An FIR has been registered against Jawahar Singh and two others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code on Saturday.</p>.<p>A local court remanded the trio in judicial custody.</p>.<p>Recently, an incident of a man urinating on a tribal youth in Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh caused a huge outrage after a viral video.</p>.<p>Rewa and Sidhi districts fall under the Vindhya region of MP.</p>
<p>A 34-year-old man was stripped half-naked, punched, and forced to pick up a shoe with his mouth in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, following which the prime accused and his two accomplices were arrested based on the viral video, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The victim, with his hands tied behind his back, is seen pleading for mercy in the video clip, which is more than two years old.</p>.<p>A property dispute seems to be the prima facie trigger behind the crime, a police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/man-set-on-fire-by-wife-in-laws-in-uttar-pradesh-succumbs-to-injuries-1240084.html">Man set on fire by wife, in-laws in Uttar Pradesh, succumbs to injuries</a></strong></p>.<p>“On seeing the video, we have arrested the prime accused Jawahar Singh (55), a member of the Gond tribe, and his two accomplices,” Rewa Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>He said the video, which started doing rounds of social media last week, was recorded in May 2021 at Piprahi village under the Hanumna police station limits in Rewa.</p>.<p>While the prime accused is tribal, the victim is an upper caste, according to police.</p>.<p>The police officer said the prime accused is employed as a clerk at a government school and is the husband of a village sarpanch.</p>.<p>"He kidnapped the other man, stripped him half naked, tied his hands behind the back, punched him, and made him pick up a shoe by his mouth," the SP said.</p>.<p>An FIR has been registered against Jawahar Singh and two others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code on Saturday.</p>.<p>A local court remanded the trio in judicial custody.</p>.<p>Recently, an incident of a man urinating on a tribal youth in Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh caused a huge outrage after a viral video.</p>.<p>Rewa and Sidhi districts fall under the Vindhya region of MP.</p>