Amaravati, Aug 17 (TIWN) Police in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on Saturday booked a village elder for thrashing a minor Dalit girl in public for eloping with a youth.

Boya Lingappa was booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Saturday, a day after the horrific video of the incident went viral.