KOLKATA: A 23-year-old gay man has lodged a complaint with the Bidhannagar Police commissioner alleging that he had been tortured and harassed by cops in civil clothes outside City Centre II and was forced to spend a night at the Narayanpur police station last Monday. He also claimed that he was molested, beaten up and verbally abused throughout the night by the cops.
Acting on the man’s complaint, police have started an inquiry. An officer, however, said that a few days ago, Narayanpur police had busted a sex racket involving women and cross-dressers. “The youth was stopped for questioning to find out if he was involved with the gang. I have no information of cops assaulting him,” he said.
The youth alleged that on July 20, he was walking back home from a friend’s house around 9pm when he was stopped by a group of plainclothesmen near the shopping mall and started abusing him. “I am used to taunts from the society and thus, I resisted. This angered the men and one of them slapped me. Another held me by my hair and started pulling me towards his bike. I screamed for help and when people came rushing in, they said I was a thief,” said the final-year political science student.
“The cops then called for a police car and took me to the police station where I was further abused,” he said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect hir privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
Acting on the man’s complaint, police have started an inquiry. An officer, however, said that a few days ago, Narayanpur police had busted a sex racket involving women and cross-dressers. “The youth was stopped for questioning to find out if he was involved with the gang. I have no information of cops assaulting him,” he said.
The youth alleged that on July 20, he was walking back home from a friend’s house around 9pm when he was stopped by a group of plainclothesmen near the shopping mall and started abusing him. “I am used to taunts from the society and thus, I resisted. This angered the men and one of them slapped me. Another held me by my hair and started pulling me towards his bike. I screamed for help and when people came rushing in, they said I was a thief,” said the final-year political science student.
“The cops then called for a police car and took me to the police station where I was further abused,” he said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect hir privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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