: Clashes erupted after pre-dawn arrests of local leaders, leading to reports of over 70 injuries, including dozens of police personnel.
The rapid spread of the Orissa video underscores several ethical challenges inherent to the digital age.
The most significant of these was the Berhampur assault case. On the night of May 18, a man named Umesh Rath and his female companion were viciously attacked by a group of men while stopped at a roadside food stall in Berhampur’s Giri Market. The two brothers, armed with sticks, dragged Rath onto the road and beat him mercilessly in plain view of onlookers.