UDAIPUR: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with a case where a youth was held hostage for three days, tortured, molested and made to wear women's clothes in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district.
The accused tonsured the youth, made him wear garland of chappals and forced him for oral sex. The incident is four months old which was settled as per social customs, however, the victim filed a police case when the accused released shocking video clips of the incident on social media recently.
A case under sections 458, 323, 354, 365, 342, 504, 147 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against eight persons. "We have arrested two persons who have been sent to judicial custody while one was arrested on Friday. Teams have been formed to look out for the other accused," Banshilal Patel, SHO Dowra police station told TOI.
The officer said that last year on September 28, a youth named Javana, resident of Ramgarh had eloped with one Asha, wife of Ambalal of Eintali Pal village. Javana's wife had died and he had an affair with Asha.
Asha's husband and his relatives were enraged. They went to Ramgarh and kidnapped Javana's younger brother and held him hostage for three days in their home. Ambalal, his father Bhura, mother Gama and five other persons tortured the youth. They shaved off his head, made him wear female clothes.
They videographed the incident where a mock marriage was held and the victim was forced to touch feet of the perpetrators who kicked and hit him. He was also forced for oral sex. Later, after community intervention, the two parties agreed to settle the dispute for an ex gratia of Rs 3.5 lakh and Javana had paid a compensation of Rs 2.80 lakh for eloping with a married woman. However, the perpetrators made the video clips of the incident viral.