Cops deployed in Sarsuna’s Khudiram Pally on Monday
Kolkata: An 18-year-old boy, his father and his friend were allegedly assaulted, threatened at gunpoint and paraded naked for more than 50 metres through a busy road in Behala’s Sarsuna by the family of the teenager’s minor girlfriend after the two were seen together on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said the incident, resembling kangaroo court justice and unprecedented in Kolkata, unfolded after the teenager was allegedly seen kissing the 13-year-old girl near Khalpar Math in Sarsuna’s Khudiram Pally, a neighbourhood in south-west Kolkata. Soon after an acquaintance of the girl’s family spotted her with the teenager, the boy and his 19-year-old friend, who was standing nearby, were allegedly dragged to her home, locked in a room and assaulted by her father and maternal uncle. Additional commissioner of police (crime) Kunal Aggarwal said, “The 18-year-old victim had gone to meet the 13-year-old girl along with his 19-year-old friend near Khalpar Math in Sarsuna. They then forced the three of them to parade naked for about 50 metres in the lane outside.”
“They severely assaulted me in front of other people before asking me to kill my son,” the father said. Residents of the locality said the girl’s family members were holding guns and threatened to kill anyone trying to rescue the three. When we protested, they threatened to shoot us,” said Arnab Saha, a resident of the neighbourhood.
Residents, enraged by the shocking treatment meted out to the three, vandalised the girl’s house and accused police of delaying the arrest of those involved. Police denied the allegation. The girl’s family then summoned the boy’s father to their house. “The teenager’s father was given three choices: shoot his son, stab him or make him walk naked. They were holding guns. the boy allegedly kissed her, which was witnessed by an associate of the girl’s maternal uncle While talking. He informed the girl’s uncle and father, who brought both boys to their house in Khudiram Pally. There, they assaulted the two boys and asked the youth to call his father. In the meantime, the uncle called three to four of his friends to the residence. When the youth’s father arrived, they assaulted him as well and threatened to shoot them if they did not parade naked.
The girl’s parents and maternal uncle were arrested on Monday.