Bharat Banait, who was surrounded by security personnel who were hitting him with lathis while he repeatedly shouted, "Maaro (hit me), sir", said, "I was hit on...head and on every inch of my body." "Around 15-20 officers were hitting me," he stated. The video of the incident, which took place during Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) Parliament march, went viral.