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The police launched an investigation and booked the man for disturbing public peace. The baby suffered a dislocated hip and is undergoing treatment
The man from Rampur village in Uttar Pradesh, paraded his infant son upside down to pressure his wife’s family into giving him dowry. (Image: @mktyaggi/X)
In a disturbing incident from a village in Uttar Pradesh, a man allegedly paraded his eight-month-old son hanging upside down over a dowry dispute with his wife.
A video of the incident went viral on July 19 following which the police launched an investigation and booked the man for disturbing public peace. The baby suffered a dislocated hip and is undergoing treatment.
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सभ्यता की सीढ़ियाँ चाहे जितनी चढ़ लें, आदमी के भीतर का वहशी आज भी ज़िंदा है।UP के रामपुर में एक बाप ने 8 महीने के मासूम को पैरों से पकड़कर पूरे गांव में ऐसे घुमाया जैसे कोई कचरा हो…बच्चा चीखता रहा, तड़पता रहा, लेकिन वो हैवान उसे खिलौने की तरह उछालता रहा। pic.twitter.com/Lsox3vZLTh— ???????? ???????????????????? (@mktyaggi) July 24, 2025
According to a report by Times of India, the man, identified as Sanju from Rampur village in Uttar Pradesh, paraded his infant son upside down to pressure his wife’s family into giving him Rs 2 lakh and a car in dowry. During a family meeting, he snatched the baby from his wife and began swinging the child in the air by his legs, the report said.
Village residents witnessed the incident and some even filmed it. His wife, Suman, lodged a formal police complaint saying Sanju tortured the child so that she and her parents would give him Rs 2 lakh in cash and a car.
Police said the couple got married in November 2023. There was a meeting between both families when the accused held his son by the legs, and swung him around the village like a spinning top, Times of India reported.
“A legal action has been taken against the accused father. We are also appealing to the public not to physically torture children in case on any dispute,” SP Rampur Vidyasagar Mishra was quoted in the report.
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