A candidate who ran for the post of mukhiya in the recently concluded panchayat elections in Bihar and lost took out his anger on two persons belonging to the Dalit community by abusing and forcing them to lick their own spit from the ground.

A video of the incident, which took place in Dumri panchayat under Amba police station in Aurangabad district on Sunday, has gone viral on social media.

Though The Telegraph has not verified the authenticity of the one minute and 12 seconds long video clip, it shows a person threatening and physically abusing two persons for not casting their votes in his favour.

He then makes them hold their ears, do sit-ups and forces them to spit on the ground and lick it. The man also accuses the victims of taking money but not voting for him.

Police swung into action after getting information about the viral video.

The accused was identified as Balwant Singh from Singhna village in Dumri panchayat and arrested. The victims were identified as Anil Kumar Bhuiyan and Manjit Bhuiyan.

“The accused Balwant Singh has been arrested. He is considered a muscleman, and was a mukhiya candidate in the panchayat elections but lost. He has been forwarded to jail,” Aurangabad superintendent of police Kantesh Kumar Mishra told The Telegraph.

An FIR has been registered at the Amba police station on the basis of Manjit’s statement.

Mishra said efforts were on to provide compensation of up to Rs 1.5 lakh to the two victims under the provision of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.