Woman brutally beaten on Ajmer street as crowd watches

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In Ajmer, Rajasthan, a viral video shows a man dragging and beating a woman in public over a money dispute while bystanders looked on without intervening.

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00:00This woman was dragged by her hair, slapped, kicked, all while a crowd looked on and did

00:05nothing. As per the police, assault took place near Ajmer Darka on 24th May 2025,

00:10close to Longyear Parking by Delhi Gate, a usually bustling sacred space.

00:14The woman, reportedly a nomad or beggar, was attacked after a dispute over money.

00:19The accused Kapil Kumar was arrested. As per police, the woman believed to be a nomad is

00:23yet to be traced. The video widely circulated on social media, though raises a bigger question.

00:27This isn't new. Delhi 2023, a teen stabbed more than 30 times.

00:32Maharashtra 2024, woman killed with a spanner.

00:35UP 2022, gang raped and paraded naked. Every time people watched, no one helped.

00:41But why do people just watch? It's called the bystander effect,

00:45a psychological phenomena where the more people witness a crime, the less likely anyone is to

00:49help. It's because they fear for their safety, assume someone else will act,

00:53follow the crowd's inaction or worse, record it for social media attention.

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