Overview

• Damoh police registered an FIR, booking four men under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as the probe continues.
• Two suspects, including the main accused Anuj Pandey, are in custody while two others are being pursued.
• The video, recorded on October 10 at Satariya’s Shankar temple, shows Purushottam Kushwaha being made to wash Pandey’s feet, drink the water, publicly apologize and pay Rs 5,100.
• According to the FIR, the confrontation followed an AI-edited social media image of Pandey wearing a shoe garland after an earlier argument tied to a village liquor prohibition.
• The Congress termed the incident a disgrace and urged strict action, and the victim’s family says they are too afraid to lodge a separate complaint.