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Landlords subject poor labourer to assault

By Web Desk
Published October 14, 2016

GUJRAT: In an inhumane act, a couple of landlords accused a labourer of committing theft and as punishment, hanged him upside down from a tree. The labourer was also subjected to assault by the suspects. 

According to details, the incident took place in Gujrat's village Ladha. Four landlords alleged that a worker named Zahid had committed theft and as punishment, hanged him upside down from a tree, subjecting him to assault. The landlords also recorded a video clip of beating the poor labourer. 

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Police took into custody all four landlords who were involved in the act and registered a case against them. The names of the suspects who have been arrested in connection with beating the Zahid are Allah Dutta, Ahsaan Ahmad, Muhammad Shahid and Ghulam Rasool. 

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