Mumbai Crime: Man strips three boys naked in Ambernath for harassing girls, arrested

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The Ambernath police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly beating up three boys and stripping them naked for teasing girls passing by. The incident came to light after a video went viral on social media.

According to a report in the Times of India, the cops are on the lookout for some friends of the accused, who recorded the alleged video. The accused identified as Babu alias Khopadi Ashappa Gunde was arrested under sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The viral video shows three children being beaten up by the accused at Chinchpada. Gunde claimed that he wanted to teach the boys a lesson after he received complaints from some family members of girls from his area about them passing lewd comments.

A manhunt has been launched to search for two others who were present with Gunde at the time of the incident. A search is also on for those who posted the video on social media.