Man beaten up by influential person in front of his children in Punjab

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A video has been making rounds on social media in which an influential person could be seen beating a man in front of his children in Punjab.

The video started off with a heated argument between the suspect, who was in a car, and the victim on a motorbike with his two children.

In a viral video, the suspect could be seen threatening the man to move away from the scene with an iron rod in his hand.

Later, the assaulter hit the man with an iron rod two times on his head in public where there were several witnesses.

Following the attack, the aggressor sat back in his car and fled from the scene.

However, the area and the reason of the reported incident are not confirmed yet.