Madhya Pradesh Guna police formed several teams to catch seven people alleged of assaulting a man and forcing him to drink urine, who are also the victim’s relatives just a day after.
The police said that this incident is said to have occurred on May 22 when Mahendra Singh Banjara, the victim, was kidnapped from Guna and taken to Baran district in Rajasthan where he was beaten by some men, blackened his face, shaved off his hair, dressed him in women’s clothes with garland made of shoes around his neck before he was allegedly forced to drink urine.
It has been claimed that he had been held captive for three days until his father coughed out ₹20 lakh. There has been a video circulating showing the incident happened on Sunday.
Vivek Ashthana Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) of Guna told The Hindu that after approaching the Superintendent of Police office locally on Monday, a case was registered against seven suspects under Sections 506 and 365 of IPC.
While one person is being detained so far with other officers combing through various locations hoping for success within next twelve hours, he added.
According to another local police officer, the cousin’s husband had left her husband three months ago on account of maltreatment by one accused. This officer added that there is ongoing litigation between them but no resolution has been reached yet at village panchayat level.
He was forcefully taken by some men exact revenge on his family on May 22nd.
Congress slams CM
Meanwhile State Congress has attacked Chief Minister Mohan Yadav accusing him “has turned Madhya Pradesh into crime capital”.
“Another urination incident in Madhya Pradesh… The people of Madhya Pradesh are paying the price of your inexperience, immaturity incompetence insensitivity and you are shamelessly asking for votes. When you are not able to handle your State or your department, why don’t you resign and give a chance to new leadership to come forward? Till when you will keep fooling yourself by telling lies?” inquired the congress on X on Monday.
Earlier in July 2023, a case had come into public view involving an alleged BJP leader urinating on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of the State.
