KOLKATA: In a fresh development in the Sarsuna naked parade case, all the accused have been arrested and made to parade without clothes in the same locality in Behala during crime scene reconstruction by police.The development comes days after an 18-year-old youth, his 19-year-old friend and his father were allegedly assaulted, threatened at gunpoint, stripped and forced to walk naked for more than 50 metres along a street in Sarsuna, in south-west Kolkata.
What happened in the Sarsuna naked parade case?
The incident allegedly took place on October 25 after the teenager was seen kissing his 13-year-old girlfriend near Khalpar Math in the Khudiram Pally area.According to the police account cited in the earlier report, an associate of the girl’s maternal uncle witnessed the incident and informed her father and uncle.The two youths were allegedly taken to the girl’s residence, where they were assaulted. The teenager’s father was subsequently called to the house and was also allegedly beaten.According to the complaint filed by the teenager’s father, the accused threatened the three and forced them to parade naked along the lane outside the house.The father alleged that he was given a choice between killing his son and making him walk naked to save him.
Police probe into Kolkata naked parade case
Sarsuna police registered a case following the father’s complaint. The charges included attempted murder, assault, grievous bodily harm, wrongful confinement, extortion, criminal intimidation, abduction and organised crime, along with relevant provisions of the Arms Act.Police had said that the victims underwent medical examinations and alleged that they were threatened with firearms.No weapons had been recovered at the time of the report, while investigators were collecting CCTV footage and identifying local witnesses.(With agency inputs)
