Belthangady: A heart-wrenching video from Belthangady has gone viral, in which a bed-ridden elderly is mercilessly beaten up by a youth.
After the video went viral and people started demanding action, the police arrested the lady’s son and grandson in connection to the case.
The incident had taken place in Savanalu village in Belthngady taluk.
In the video, a youth identified as the elderly’s grandson Pradeep Shetty is first seen beating up the 85-year-old Appi Shetty.
In a fit of rage, he then lifts the elderly and dumps her on her mat. The elderly starts wailing and crying out of pain, when her son Srinivas Shetty enters the scene. He too is seen cursing his mother as he throws pieces of cloth lying on the floor on his mother.
When the video of the demonic act went viral, netizens demanded action against the assaulters.
Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja too took to his FB page to condemn the same and assured action. Later, Poonja also sent BJP workers to the house of the elderly to meet her and console her.
Appi Shetty is a traditonal Paddana singer and a lady who took care of new born and new mothers in the vicinity. She had earned the respect of the people owing to her knowledge. However, she has been bed-ridden for some time now.