Eunuchs chop off man's private parts in UP, 3 arrested

Ghaziabad, Jun 25: A group of five eunuchs allegedly chopped off genitals of a man Bhojpur village area here following which three have been taken into custody, police said today.

A police patrol party yesterday noticed a youth in an unconscious state on roadside and was found bleeding profusely from his private parts, Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagat Ram Joshi of Modinagar circle said.

Police immediately rushed him to a nearby hospital from where he was further referred to Meerut medical college.

After regaining consciousness, the youth -- identified himself as Manoj -- said he used to work with eunuch group as drummer.

He went yesterday to one of the accused to settle a loan amount when they offered him a sedative-laced drink after which he fell unconscious, he said.

Later they chopped off his genitals under Bhojpur police station area and threw away the severed parts in the jungles under Niwari police station, police said.

An FIR has been registered at Bhojpur police station against the five accused - Mumtaj, Muskan, Bala, Sazid and Abid in connection with chopping off the victim's private parts, he said.

Of the five, three have been arrested and the remaining will be nabbed very soon, he said.

PTI