Bihar spit and lick incident: FIR against 8 people

After a shameful incident, in which a 54-year-old man was allegedly forced to spit on the ground and lick his own saliva as a punishment for entering a Sarpanch's house without knocking, in Nalanda district of Bihar, police registered FIR against eight people.

Nalanda DM SM Thiyagarajan said that police registered FIR against eight people in the case and strict action will be taken against those responsible.

A special team which has been constituted is conducting raids. Arrests will be made as soon as possible, said Nalanda SP.

It is also alleged that the man was beaten up with slippers by women of the house.

Reacting to the incident, Bihar Minister Nand Kishore assured strict action against the culprits.

“Such incidents will not be tolerated, we will take strict action against the culprits,” the minister said.

Nalanda: Man made to spit & lick as punishment for entering Sarpanch's house without knocking,was also beaten by slippers by women #Bihar pic.twitter.com/WTM31aLMVq

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2017

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