Agra, Uttar Pradesh: A Indian man was arrested in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday after he was caught on cam beating his crying son while he was tied upside down with a rope.

He did the horrible act in front of fellow villagers.

In a video that was shared on social media, the young boy could be seen tied upside down with a rope.

He could be heard crying and yelling as his father beat him up.

Several people could be seen standing around as one man could be heard saying that the victim was just a child.

Ravi Kumar, a police officer that works for the Agra Police Department, released a statement about the incident.

The statement reads:

We have taken note of the video. The incident happened at around 6-7 PM yesterday (Saturday). The man was upset because of something that the child did. About three-four days back, he had a fight with his wife, who then went to her sister’s home. He has three children.The one in video is his eldest son. We are questioning him… he hasn’t admitted so far that he was drunk.

Agra is around 330 kilometers away from Lucknow, the capital of Agra.