Police in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh near the Karnataka border arrested a village sarpanch and two of his associates after a video clip of them brutally beating a woman went viral on social media. Nagaraju and Sudha belong to the ruling Telugu Desam Party and are members of the local Janmabhoomi committee, which is supposed to look after the developmental activities of the village. According to Kuderu police sub-inspector V Raju, Sudha had objected to installation of a drinking water tank in front of her house which was supposed to be located at the sarpanch’s residence. “She picked up an argument with the sarpanch over the relocation of the water tank. An enraged Nagaraju started beating her up and the others joined him,” he said.

Source: Hindustan Times February 02, 2017 15:00 UTC