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Mandla: Junior Students Beaten, Burning Embers Placed on Hands for Alleged Theft
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News18•25-09-2026, 16:21
Mandla: Junior Students Beaten, Burning Embers Placed on Hands for Alleged Theft
- •Three junior students in a government hostel in Patha Sihora, Nainpur area of Mandla, accused senior students of assault and placing burning embers on their hands over alleged theft.
- •Victim students claim they were woken up around 1 AM, beaten with belts, and had burning embers placed on their hands, causing injuries.
- •A student sent a picture of his injured hand to his father three days after the incident, revealing the assault to his family.
- •Students also alleged the hostel superintendent and security personnel were absent during the incident, raising concerns about hostel monitoring.
- •Separately, a video from Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University in Chhatarpur shows a student being brutally beaten with sticks by several youths.
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Three junior students accused senior students of assaulting them with belts and placing burning embers on their hands after suspecting them of theft at the Boys Hostel in Patha Sihora, Nainpur.
About three days after the incident, one of the victim students sent a photograph of his injured hand to his father, which alerted the family members to the situation.
A viral video showed a young man being severely beaten with sticks by about half a dozen youths at Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University, prompting a police investigation.
