2 youths thrashed and forced to drink urine, battle for life

PATNA: In a shocking incident, two youths were kidnapped, tied to a tree and mercilessly beaten up before being forced to drink urine in full public view in Muzaffarpur district, police said on Sunday.
The victims — Abhay Kumar (26) and Ranjan Kumar (28) — are battling for life at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur. Six people have been named as accused in the FIR lodged with Kudhani police station in the district.
The victims told the police that they were held captive by some people travelling in an SUV near Balia Chowk under Kudhani police station when they were on way to meet a family acquaintance on their motorbike in the morning. The kidnappers took them to an orchard, tied to a tree and thrashed till they fainted.
The offenders didn’t stop there. They forced the victims to drink urine and threatened them with dire consequences if they reported the incident to the police. The locals later admitted the injured to the SKMCH where the Ahiyapur police recorded their statement and forwarded the same to Kudhani police for further action.
Kudhani police station SHO Arvind Prasad said nine people — Rakesh Kumar, Saket Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Amlesh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Ratnesh Kumar Singh, Subhash Kumar, Virajman Singh and Chandan Kumar — stated to be the residents of Anant Kamtaul and Jagdish Kamtaul villages, have been made named accused in the case.
The SHO said raids were on to trace the SUV used in the crime. Old enmity is stated to be the reason behind the murderous attack on Abhay and Ranjan, he said, adding that some of the accused have criminal antecedents.
The incident has sparked off tension in the area. The police didn’t rule out the possibility of retaliation from the victims’ side. “We have taken all precautionary measures to ward off any untoward incident,” the SHO said over phone.