Police have taken a group of “alledged offenders” into custody over disturbing video circulating on social media.

The video in which a man is tied to a tree and mercilessly beaten up has been widely shared on social media.

But Police railed at the video on late Sunday that:”its officers in Basse Area have followed up on a video circulating on social media, in which a guy speaking in the Fula dialect was tied with a rope on a tree and tortured for allegedly stealing cattle.

“Such barbaric act has no place in any civilized society and of course not in the Gambia.

“While the alleged offence is under investigation, the public is informed that all the perpetrators of the torture are currently under police custody being processed for prosecution.

“Members of the public are strongly cautioned to desist from taking the law into their own hands and report all crime related matters to the police for appropriate actions.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba