Overview
- The video shows a man restrained on Kailash Nagar Road, partially shaved and made to wear a placard reading “Main chor hun” as people recorded the incident.
- Local passersby say the man was suspected of stealing a mobile phone, and the footage prompted police to file a case at Basti Jodhewal police station.
- Police registered the FIR under several BNS sections after the video circulated, with reports noting the filing on June 10 and officers describing the charges as including hurt, wrongful confinement, insult and unlawful assembly.
- Investigators say they have not formally identified the victim or the attackers and are using digital forensics to trace people seen in the clips, with no arrests reported so far.
- Some local reports name a suspect and claim a weapon and an accomplice, but those details come from a single outlet and have not been corroborated by police; the episode is cited as part of a recent pattern of vigilante cases in the area.