UP: Dalit man held captive, tortured by 4 on suspicion of getting affair with their kin

A 22-year-old Dalit man was allegedly held captive and tortured by 4 individuals in Lakhimpur Kheri on the suspicion that he was having an affair with a woman of their household, police stated on Friday.
The man’s members of the family had claimed that an iron rod was additionally inserted in his rectum, however Circle Officer Pradeep Kumar Verma, who’s investigating the case, denied the cost, saying the medical examination and probe to this point point out that it was not true.
The accused have been arrested and the sufferer is below remedy on the district hospital. His situation is reportedly critical, police stated.

On Wednesday night time, the Dalit man was mercilessly crushed up by the accused, inflicting accidents to his non-public components, in response to police.
Tikonia Station House Officer Gyan Prakash Tiwari stated, “On the complaint by the victim’s brother, an FIR was registered against four persons.”
They have been charged below Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily inflicting damage) and 506 (felony intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, and provisions below the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he added.

They had suspected that the person was having an affair with their kin, Tiwari stated. “All the four accused, Bramhadeen and his three sons Bharat, Gajraj and Raju, have been arrested,” he added.