A 33-year-old Dalit Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly beaten up and forced to drink urine by seven people after he sought information related to a village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, police said.

After initial treatment in a hospital, the severely injured victim, Shashikant Jatav, was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for further treatment, an official said. Two of the accused have been arrested following the incident, which took place on February 23, the police said. Jatav had sought information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act about Barhi village panchayat under Panihar police station area, Additional Superintendent of Police Jayraj Kuber said quoting the complaint lodged by the victim. Angry over this, Barhi sarpanch's husband, panchayat secretary and others called him to the village panchayat office on February 23.