Viral Video: Man kicked, punched, slapped his girlfriend in Pimpri-Chinchwad store and then left – Know why. pune news

Last updated:May 29, 2026, 06:50 IST

Caught on CCTV, debate over X, and never arrested – video of Pimpri-Chinchwad attack exposes India’s most dangerous blind spot: abuse that happens clearly and goes unpunished.

A CCTV video of a man brutally attacking his girlfriend inside a clothing shop in Pimpri-Chinchwad’s Moshi area has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage and triggering a heated conversation about intimate partner violence, bystander apathy and a justice system that cannot act when victims refuse to speak up.

The incident took place on May 27, 2026, at around 4:47 pm, the accused entered the garment shop and allegedly out of suspicion, he grabbed the woman by the throat and started punching her repeatedly. He then grabbed her hair and dragged her to the ground while she cried.

A child present in the shop got scared and hid under the counter; The accused was also seen scaring the child. The attack lasted for about four minutes. When it was over, the man held the woman’s legs while apologizing.

After the footage circulated online and police intervened, the woman refused to file a complaint, calling it a personal matter – leaving authorities with no legal basis for an arrest. No FIR has been registered. Man remains free.

Who was watching – and why did no one move?

The shopkeepers did not intervene. Nobody called the police in real time. It was only after the video surfaced online that the local police took cognizance and took action. For a four-minute attack in a busy business establishment, the silence of every adult present is its own indictment.

Reaction to X has been a volatile mix of outrage, victim-blaming and uncomfortable questions.

“Where were the bloody shopkeepers? Why didn’t they call the police?” demanded one user. “Who gave him the right to kill the girl?” asked another.

But others took their anger out on the victim herself – asking why she didn’t fight back, why she didn’t run away, why she would stay with someone who beat her in public.

One comment, disturbing in its frankness, apparently defended the accused: “I can only see his pain and frustration… I support him.”

‘He had every right to hit her’: When society defends the abuser

Experts on gender-based violence point to this spectrum of response as part of the problem.

Prescriptive gender roles contribute to domestic violence by positioning women as subordinate, with men tasked with ‘protecting’ women and ensuring they maintain the gendered moral standards imposed on them – physical violence is seen by many as an acceptable response when those standards are violated.

A 2024 study published in Frontiers in Psychology found that women whose partners more endorsed patriarchal beliefs were significantly more likely to be abused – findings highlighting the need to engage with men in Indian communities through culturally tailored strategies to challenge patriarchal ideologies that promote, justify, and excuse domestic violence.

viewer problem

Shopkeepers’ silence – and failure to call the police – is not a Pimpri-Chinchwad anomaly. This is India’s age-old viewer problem in bright lights.

The violence rooted in patriarchy is so endemic that 49% of survey respondents in 2025 said men and women are equally likely to experience violence – a dangerous misconception that minimizes the severity and uniqueness of women’s experience.

The woman’s refusal to lodge a complaint is equally familiar to anyone working on cases of gender violence. Women who remain in abusive relationships often become trapped in a cycle of financial dependence, social stigma, emotional manipulation, and very real fear of what will happen if they report.

“He said it was a personal matter” is a sentence repeated in police stations across the country, a quiet tragedy framed as an alternative.

Why doesn’t the violence stop? what experts say

Research shows that adapted policies and programs that increase gender-egalitarian norms among young men, greater opportunities to attain higher education, reduce poverty through employment opportunities, and increased awareness of domestic violence in rural settings will help develop more egalitarian gender norms and attitudes toward wife battering.

But education alone has proven not to be enough – the majority of women surveyed in the NFHS study justified being hit or beaten by their husbands for neglecting the home or children, or showing disrespect towards their in-laws.

Researchers say that internalized patriarchy is as dangerous as patriarchy imposed from outside.

The numbers behind the outrage

The above data speaks for itself, but context matters. According to NCRB 2023, there were 4,71,000 reports of crimes against women in India, with the largest single category being cruelty by husbands or relatives under section 498-A of the IPC – and over two lakh domestic cruelty cases are currently pending, with the average time to complete the trial being over five years.

Among the states, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of cases at 66,381, followed by Maharashtra at 47,101, Rajasthan at 45,450, West Bengal at 34,691 and Madhya Pradesh at 32,342.

Among metro cities, Delhi leads with 13,366 cases, with the highest number of cases of cruelty by husband at 4,219, and the highest number of POCSO girl rape cases at 1,048.

Domestic violence, reflected through cruelty by the husband and his relatives, remained the most prevalent and fastest growing category of crimes against women throughout the 2017-2023 study period.

When CCTV works in your own house: Case of Jaipur

The Pimpri-Chinchwad footage is shocking. But this was not an isolated frame.

In Jaipur, Rajasthan, a camera installed inside the house of a couple captured something which cannot be ignored.

Anu, 33, is seen dragging herself on the living room floor, while her husband Gautam Meena – an executive engineer in the Public Works Department – ​​stands over her, shouting.

His young son stands helpless nearby. In one clip, Gautam walks across the room and punches a flatscreen television, causing it to break.

Anu and Gautam got married in 2015. His family alleged that the harassment started soon after the marriage – usually when he would return home drunk. Her brother said she came home one night with the children and stayed for a few days.

His daughter later told reporters that she had seen her father assault their mother several times, but could not tell this to her brother out of fear. The child said, “He used to come home drunk. My mother remained silent. Still he used to beat her.”

His 10-year-old son recalled being sent to fetch salt water whenever his mother’s blood pressure was low – and even then being kicked out by his father.

Anu died by suicide on 7 April. She made a video call to her husband and made him a witness to it. Neighbors took him to the hospital; It’s too late. A case of domestic violence and harassment has been registered and the police are examining the entire CCTV footage.

The Jaipur case falls into the same serious category as Pimpri-Chinchwad – a man’s anger, a woman’s silence, children bearing witness to the violence they will endure for the rest of their lives.

Miss Pune, Bhopal, and Twisha Sharma Case

The incidents in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Jaipur come in the same week. Twisha Sharma case is making national headlines – and it’s the CBI. Being picked up by.

Noida-based former Miss Pune titleholder Tvisha Sharma was found hanging in her marital home in Bhopal on May 12. Her family members alleged that she was harassed by her in-laws, who were not satisfied with the dowry given at the time of her marriage on December 9, 2025.

She accused her in-laws of mental harassment and domestic violence and of forcing the 33-year-old woman to take the extreme step.

Madhya Pradesh High Court this week anticipatory bail canceled Her mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a retired Bhopal district judge – who can now be arrested by the CBI at any time.

her husband Samarth SinghA lawyer has been taken into CBI custody. The case has become a point of widespread conversation about dowry violence, institutional impunity and delayed justice.

Three cases. Three women. Three cameras. A pattern.

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The above NCRB data shows the scale. But what the data may not fully capture is the importance of normalization – the way violence against women in India is embedded in the rhythms of ordinary life, ignored as an “individual matter” and policed ​​(or not policed) accordingly.

The structure of India’s justice system guarantees that most gender-based violence never reaches official visibility. FIRs depend on police discretion, prosecution depends on political will, and it all depends on the emotional stamina of survivors – for poor and marginalized women, this system is often fatal.

What the Moshi CCTV footage did – accidentally, cruelly – was lift the curtain. For four minutes, there was nowhere to look. Now the question before India is whether it will somehow look away.

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