SANGAREDDY/TELANGANA: A Muslim youth was thrashed and paraded naked for allegedly posting a reel insulting the saffron flag on social media. It is also alleged that they tried to burn his private parts. The incident happened at Sangareddy in Telangana. The police started investigation after the video of it surfaced.

In the video, the youth is seen inserting the flag with the religious symbol ‘OM’ inside his pants. He did the reel with a smile. Provoked by the reel, the villagers of Medak caught him and thrashed him. He was paraded naked and tried to set fire to his private parts. The villagers also tried to make him chant Jai Shri Ram while parading him naked.

The police registered a case against the youth following a complaint filed by the villagers alleging that he had hurt the sentiments of Hindus. The youth has also filed a complaint against the villagers for brutally attacking him.

The police said that no one has been arrested in the incident and that they are investigating the complaint. Reports said the police got clear information about the those who thrashed the youth from the video that surfaced.