Lucknow: A man was tied to a tree by a group of people on suspicion of stealing a vehicle battery in Lucknow’s Transport Nagar area with the group pressuring him to confess to the theft and summon his alleged accomplice.A video of the incident surfaced on social media on Saturday evening, prompting police to look into the matter.The incident reportedly took place on Friday morning near parking number one in Transport Nagar, under the jurisdiction of Sarojini Nagar police station. The incident came to light on Sunday.In the purported video, the man, wearing a turban, can be seen tied to a tree with a rope while several people surround him. Some of them are heard questioning him about the alleged battery theft and asking him to call his accomplice. They are also heard threatening to hand him over to the police. The man can be seen pleading with them to release him.According to preliminary information, the group had caught the man on suspicion of removing a battery from a vehicle and restrained him by tying him to the tree. A crowd of people had gathered at the spot as the man remained tied up.Police said their inquiry revealed that the man was mentally unsound. Despite this, some people had accused him of battery theft and taken the law into their own hands by tying him to a tree.According to reports, the man was subsequently untied and taken towards the Transport Nagar police outpost, where he was allegedly questioned and released. However, police denied that he had been brought to the outpost.Police officials said efforts were underway to identify the people who had tied the man to the tree.
