The issue of two youths being stripped nude and whipped with belts at a railway platform in Mumbai, gone viral, after the video was circulated on Whatsapp and other social media.

The two youths have allegedly tried to steal the mobile phones and the railway police are currently inquiring the case on the same lines.

Police were examining CCTV footage from various stations in Mumbai, the PRO of Government Railway Police said.

“We haven't yet got the CCTV footage of the incident,” he said, adding a DCP-rank officer would be conducting the probe.

As of now, two videos are circulating in the media, among which, one of the video, shows two men hitting the two youths, who were stripped, with belts on the platform, while the second clip shows the same youths, being beaten up inside a local train.

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Saying that, nobody complained or informed about the incident to the police, the PRO sought public, to provide any information about the incident, if any.

On the other side, Abha Singh, Lawyer and human rights activist, said that, the police should first register an FIR under section 324 (assault) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code, so that a proper probe could start.

“Such cases where public takes law in their hands need to be seriously dealt with under the criminal law. Even if a person is not bound by law, it is his or her duty to inform the police of the commission of such a horrific crime,” she said.

Former member of Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee of Central Railway Rajiv Singal termed it a 'jungle-raj' and blamed the railway administration.

"When men can be beaten in full public view, we can easily understand where the safety of women passengers stands," he said.

By Phani Ch