Tied to bike, youth pressured to run on Cuttack highway over non-repayment of mortgage

By Express News Service

CUTTACK: Video of a youth tied to a bike and dragged on the busy Mission Road over alleged non-repayment of a hand mortgage has gone viral, elevating concern over the deteriorating regulation and order state of affairs in Cuttack.

In the video, the youth’s arms are discovered to have been tied to a two-wheeler pushed by two individuals who pressured him to run alongside Shailabala Women’s College-Buxi Bazar highway.

Sources mentioned the youth was pressured to run for 2 kilometres for about half an hour between 9 pm to 10 pm on Sunday night.

Though some locals tried to cease them, the accused individuals duo threatened them with dire consequence and warned them to not intrude of their matter.

The incident has raised questions over effectivity of the Commissionerate Police because the route has three visitors posts. However, surprisingly the miscreants weren’t intercepted by any police patrol or the native police station officers both.

“It is a matter of great concern that neither the police control room noticed the incident nor the traffic personnel intercepted the accused indulging in the inhuman act even though the Cuttack UPD claims to have CCTV cameras and monitoring law and order situation of the city through a control room set up at DCP office,” mentioned a human rights activist.

After the video went viral, Cuttack DCP Pinak Mishra mentioned based mostly on the video, police have detained two individuals and seized the bike concerned within the incident.

“We have identified the victim who will be sent for medical examination even though he has not sustained injuries. Both the victim and the accused were known to each other and the incident is said to have been occurred over non-payment of borrowed money,” mentioned Mishra.

Though the 2 accused don’t have any legal antecedents, they’re being interrogated totally. Besides, CCTV footage can be being verified to determine the time of incidence of the crime, mentioned Mishra including essential step can be taken towards the visitors police deployed on the stretch of the highway if discovered responsible of dereliction of responsibility.

CUTTACK: Video of a youth tied to a bike and dragged on the busy Mission Road over alleged non-repayment of a hand mortgage has gone viral, elevating concern over the deteriorating regulation and order state of affairs in Cuttack.

In the video, the youth’s arms are discovered to have been tied to a two-wheeler pushed by two individuals who pressured him to run alongside Shailabala Women’s College-Buxi Bazar highway.

Sources mentioned the youth was pressured to run for 2 kilometres for about half an hour between 9 pm to 10 pm on Sunday night.

Though some locals tried to cease them, the accused individuals duo threatened them with dire consequence and warned them to not intrude of their matter.

The incident has raised questions over effectivity of the Commissionerate Police because the route has three visitors posts. However, surprisingly the miscreants weren’t intercepted by any police patrol or the native police station officers both.

“It is a matter of great concern that neither the police control room noticed the incident nor the traffic personnel intercepted the accused indulging in the inhuman act even though the Cuttack UPD claims to have CCTV cameras and monitoring law and order situation of the city through a control room set up at DCP office,” mentioned a human rights activist.

After the video went viral, Cuttack DCP Pinak Mishra mentioned based mostly on the video, police have detained two individuals and seized the bike concerned within the incident.

“We have identified the victim who will be sent for medical examination even though he has not sustained injuries. Both the victim and the accused were known to each other and the incident is said to have been occurred over non-payment of borrowed money,” mentioned Mishra.

Though the 2 accused don’t have any legal antecedents, they’re being interrogated totally. Besides, CCTV footage can be being verified to determine the time of incidence of the crime, mentioned Mishra including essential step can be taken towards the visitors police deployed on the stretch of the highway if discovered responsible of dereliction of responsibility.