<p class="title">A girl was allegedly ''forced'' by self-styled vigilantes to beat her lover with sandals in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the incident occurred a couple of days back in Bithri Chainpur area in the district, it came to light on Friday, when a video showing the torture of the couple went viral on the social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The video shows the couple surrounded by a mob, abusing and hitting the two. The mob also is seen directing the girl to hit her lover with sandals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The couple was let off after girl tied 'rakhi' on the wrist of her lover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said that the couple belonged to different communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case against unidentified people was registered by the police and a hunt was launched to nab the culprits, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''We are trying to identify the culprits from the video,'' said a senior police official in Bareilly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident comes close on the heels of public humiliation of an inter-faith couple allegedly by the members of a saffron outfit in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district.</p>
<p class="title">A girl was allegedly ''forced'' by self-styled vigilantes to beat her lover with sandals in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the incident occurred a couple of days back in Bithri Chainpur area in the district, it came to light on Friday, when a video showing the torture of the couple went viral on the social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The video shows the couple surrounded by a mob, abusing and hitting the two. The mob also is seen directing the girl to hit her lover with sandals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The couple was let off after girl tied 'rakhi' on the wrist of her lover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said that the couple belonged to different communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case against unidentified people was registered by the police and a hunt was launched to nab the culprits, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''We are trying to identify the culprits from the video,'' said a senior police official in Bareilly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident comes close on the heels of public humiliation of an inter-faith couple allegedly by the members of a saffron outfit in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district.</p>