Archive · 5 Aug 2026
UP man assaulted over Instagram post seeking village road construction
A man named Akash lives in a village in India.
The road near his home was in very bad condition.
He used his phone to post a message on Instagram.
The message asked the village leader to please build the lane.
Akash says the village leader and some other people got angry.
They stopped the small electric vehicle he was riding in.
They took him to a garden place and hurt him with sticks.
Akash escaped and told his family.
Then he went to the police to report what happened.
The police wrote an official report and a doctor checked his injuries.
Akash, an e-rickshaw driver in his 20s, alleged he was assaulted by a village head and his associates in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district.
The alleged assault came after he posted an Instagram story reading 'Pradhan ji gali banwa do' (Pradhan ji, please get the lane constructed).
Akash said the accused intercepted his e-rickshaw, forced him onto a motorcycle, and beat him with sticks at a nearby nursery.
He escaped, informed his family, and lodged a complaint at Aliganj police station seeking action against the gram pradhan and four others.
An FIR was registered and the victim underwent a medical examination; further action will follow the investigation and medical report.
- Who
- Akash, an e-rickshaw driver in his 20s, is the complainant; the gram pradhan (village head) and four others are named as accused; Station House Officer Rupesh Kumar Verma is handling the case.
- What
- Akash was allegedly assaulted with sticks after posting an Instagram story urging the gram pradhan to get a village lane constructed, leading police to register an FIR.
- When
- The complaint and FIR were reported on August 5; the alleged assault occurred recently before that.
- Where
- Etah district, Uttar Pradesh, India; the alleged assault took place at a nearby nursery, and the FIR was lodged at Aliganj police station.
- Why
- Because his Instagram story asked the gram pradhan to build the lane, highlighting the poor condition of the village road.
- Complainant
- Akash, an e-rickshaw driver in his 20s
- Accused
- Gram pradhan (village head) and four others
- Location
- Etah district, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Triggering post
- Instagram story: 'Pradhan ji gali banwa do' (please get the lane constructed)
- Alleged weapon
- Sticks
- FIR status
- Registered at Aliganj police station
- Medical examination
- Completed
- Investigation status
- Further action pending investigation and medical report findings