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Hyderabad News: A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party worker was arrested for threshing a man after a video went viral on social media wherein five people were seen hitting a person brutally with wooden sticks. The incident took place at Lakshmi Narasimha Nagar of Yusufguda on Saturday midnight in Hyderabad.

The accused has been identified as Bhaskar who is said to be BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath's PA while the victim is Chandu, the police said.

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According to police, the victim Chandu was talking with a lady, for which a person named Lalit raised an objection against him for standing in a family locality. The small argument escalated soon when Chandu took a stone and hit Bhaskar.

Based on the viral video, the police have registered a case under section 307 of IPC at Jubli Hills police station against accused Bhaskar and four others. The police said the main accused Bhaskar and Lalit are in police custody while the investigation is on to nab the remaining others.

"During the argument, Chandu pushed away Lalit's bike after which they started fighting. Victim Chandu took a stone and hit Bhaskar. After that, the accused Bhaskar and his four friends started thrashing Chandu. After getting first aid at Gandhi Hospital, Chandu seems to have gone to his native in AP. Based on the viral video we have registered a case. The main accused Bhaskar and Lalit are in our custody. We are trying to nab the remaining accused. We are also trying to reach out to victim Chandu", the Police said as quoted by news agency ANI.

The opposition leaders have accused Bhaskar of being the PA of Jubli Hills MLA, however, the Police officials said that he is a party member and not a PA of MLA.

(With Inputs From ANI)