Sarpanch' publicly beats up woman in Andhra

VIJAYAWADA: In a shocking incident, a sarpanch publicly thrashed a woman in Andhra Pradesh for raising an objection. The assault came to light after a video footage did the rounds on the internet. Nagaraju of Jallipalli village in Anantapur, was seen publicly beating up Sudha and repeatedly kicking her. He was reportedly angry at the widow for objecting construction of a water tank in front of her house. An argument ensued when he ignored her request to build the water tank at some other place instead, following which he began hitting her. Member of the ruling Telugu Desam Party, Nagaraju was arrested and later released on bail.