Think you're a bigshot? YouTuber films poor roads, thrashed by pradhan's husband
A YouTuber in Uttar Pradesh, India, was assaulted by a local village head's husband and his associates after filming videos about poor road conditions. Police have registered a case and arrested two individuals following the complaint.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing tensions regarding freedom of the press and local accountability in rural India.
A YouTuber in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor was assaulted on a village road after he made videos highlighting road and other local problems, with the victim claiming that the husband of a village head and his supporters also followed him and took him to the police station while beating him.The incident took place in the Kotwali Dehat police station area on September 11, according to the complaint filed with police.The complainant said he had gone to a Jama Masjid to offer Friday prayers and was stopped by a man identified as Ramun alias Munshi after he came out of the mosque at around 2 pm.‘YOU THINK YOU ARE A BIG JOURNALIST'According to the complaint, Ramun confronted the YouTuber over the videos he had been making in the village.“Tu bahut bada patrakar hai, bahut gaon ki video bana raha hai (Are you a very famous journalist that you're making video of the…
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