Band, Baaja and absurdity: Five arrested for stripping, parading boys for alleged mobile theft

In a shameful display of vigilante justice, two individuals were stripped naked and paraded in full public view, for allegedly stealing cell phones.

Some self-proclaimed caretakers of social-justice also arranged for a Dhol waala to gather more crowd for this utterly despicable display of instant punishment.

Following an uproar over the incident, nine people have been booked and five others have been arrested for parading the two alleged thieves in Lalji Pada area of Mumbai’s Kandivali on Thursday, according to the police.

The police in its statement said that the two accused of stealing phones were caught by the locals on Wednesday. Afterwards, locals tonsured them and carried out a procession of them naked. They also filmed the whole incident on video and uploaded the same on social media.

All the accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 365, 307, 324, 506(2), 143, 145, 147 and 149. Of which five were presented in the court on Thursday following which the court sent them to the police custody.