AGRA: A man was tied to a cot and allegedly ‘assaulted’ by his in-laws in Agra, after he engaged in a

with them for taking his wife, who had returned to her parent’s village following scuffle with him, back home in UP.

A minute long video of the incident has now gone viral, following which local police took suo moto cognizance and booked four men including man’s

under CrPc 151 for disturbing peace.

The incident took place on November 13 afternoon in

of

, when 29-year-old

(Fatehabad police jurisdiction) resident went to his in-law's home to bring back his wife, who had left him after a scuffle.

"My brother went to Nagla Dadle to get back his wife, who left for her parent’s home after a scuffle. But instead coming to a solution which could have helped the couple, my brother’s father-in-law and others assaulted him and tied him with the cot,” said the younger brother of the victim.

The couple were married since 2017 but had no children.

Anjish Kumar, station house officer of Pinhat said, “The matter came to light on Thursday evening after a video was widely circulated on web in which a man was found tied to a cot and surrounded by scores of residents. During investigation, it was found that man and his in-laws had engaged in scuffle over family dispute.”

"Since no written complaint was given from anyone, we took suo moto and booked four men for disturbing peace,” he said.