KORBA: A spine chilling incident has come to light from Chhattisgarh's Korba district, where two ice cream factory workers were allegedly tortured by their employer and his aide, who pulled out their nails and administered them electric shocks on suspicion of theft, police said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI. The incident took place on 14 April. However, the video of the incident has now gone viral.
The victims have been identified as Abhishek Bhambi and Vinod Bhambi, originally from Bhilwara district in Rajasthan. They were hired through a contractor to work at the ice cream factory owned by Chhotu Gurjar in Khaprabhatti area under the Civil Lines police station limits, a police official said.
On April 14, Gurjar and his associate Mukesh Sharma accused the two workers of theft. The duo was stripped, given electric shocks, and their nails were pulled out, he said, adding that the video of the torture has gone viral. The video clip shows a semi-nude man being administered electric shocks and thrashed, he added.
It can be seen in the video that the accused men are giving electric shock to the victims, thrashing them, while they are seen begging with folded hands in front of their aggressors to leave them.
Reportedly, both the victims managed to escape and reach their native place in Bhilwara. They lodged a complaint at the Gulabpura police station.
The Rajasthan Police registered a "zero" FIR and forwarded the case to Korba police for further action, he said. Under a zero FIR, victims can file complaints at any police station regardless of the crime's location.
Subsequently, a case was registered at Civil Lines police station in Korba on Friday against Gurjar and Sharma.
One of the victims, Abhishek Bhambhi, said that he had demanded Rs 20,000 advance from his employer to pay for the installation of his vehicle. When the owner refused, Abhishek expressed his desire to quit the job, which angered him, he said.
"No arrests have been made so far in the case, and further investigation is underway", said Pramod Dadsena, Station House Officer (SHO) of Civil Lines police station.
