Overview
- Videos show the arrested man, identified as Chitrasen/Chitraseen Sao, marched in undergarments with his face blackened, lipstick and bangles applied, and a garland of shoes placed around his neck.
- Sao was pulled from a police vehicle, made to walk to a station, forced to hold his ears and shout slogans, and at one point made to do sit-ups before being sent to judicial custody.
- Police say Sao is among the main accused in the December 27 Tamnar unrest linked to the Gare Pelma Sector-1 coal project, where a woman constable was assaulted and partially disrobed and Inspector Kamla Pusham was attacked.
- Authorities report multiple FIRs for rioting, assault on public servants, arson, outraging the modesty of a woman, and IT Act violations, with searches ongoing and further arrests expected; Sao is the sixth person held.
- Retired DGP R K Vij called the parade unlawful, and activist Kunal Shukla said he complained to the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court and lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission.