Man tonsured, forced to drink urine by villagers over previous enmity

The mob tied the victim with a rope and thrashed him merciless on village road

BHUBAENSWAR, AUG. 5: In a weird incident, a 32-year-old man was on Monday night allegedly tonsured and forced to drink urine by some locals at Baunsabag village under Tihidi police limits in Odisha’s Bhadrak district over a previous enmity, reports said on Tuesday.  

As per a police complaint lodged by Sukanti Mahalik, wife of the victim, a group of people arrived at their house in the evening and ransacked her husband Sukadev Mahalik’s motorcycle parked at the veranda.

Later, the mob tied Sukadev with a rope and thrashed him mercilessly. The attackers dragged him on the village road, smeared his face with lime, tonsured him, and garlanded him with shoes, Sukanti alleged in the complaint.

She further alleged that some of the locals urinated on her husband’s face and forced him to drink the urine as he sought water while being meted out “unbearable” physical torture. Acting on the complaint, police on Tuesday registered a case against 17 persons, including some women.

Bhadrak district collector Gyana Das directed the local tehsildar and Police to investigate the matter.

“The victim was earlier arrested for attacking a person and later released on bail. In order to settle scores, some of the locals assaulted him at the village last evening. We have registered a case against 17 persons and detained some of the accused. A manhunt is on for the other offenders,” said inspector Ramesh Chandra Singh of Tihidi police station.