Pramesh Jain
Eight person including woman booked by RMC Yard police for stripping and torturing labourer to pay money
A 43-year-old labourer was detained illegall, stripped and tortured by a group of eight persons including a woman before video recording the incident over an alleged theft case in RMC yard last Sunday.
The accused forced him to sign in blank papers and took away his bike as a surety till he paid the money.
The accused even threatened to share the torture video to his relatives and friends to shame him if he failed to pay the money within one week time.
Unable to bear the harassment, the victim, Srinivas approached the RMC yard police and filed a complaint on Saturday.
In his complaint,Srinivas said that he had helped his neighbours Manjunath and Rudresh who sustained injuries after slipping from the bike near his house .
He rushed to their help and after nursing them, the duo left.Few hours later a group of men came to his house and took Srinivas to an office near his house,where they forced him to strip and tortured.
While the accused assaulted him with cricket bats and wickets accusing him of stealing Rs.1 lakh from Manjunath and Rudresh on the pretext of helping them,one of the accused video recorded the torture in his mobile .
Senior officer said,that the accused have even filed a counter complaint that Srinivas had stolen their money and said that he was cooking up a story when they demanded the stolen money back.
We are questioning both the accused and the victim to ascertain the facts of the incidents before initiating legal action,a senior police officer,said.
