UP Minors Forced To Drink Urine, Tortured With Chillies On Suspicion of Theft

Two minors in Uttar Pradesh were allegedly beaten up and forced to drink urine on suspicion of stealing a chicken. The incident occurred in Siddharthnagar.

As per the reports, the two youths were assaulted, and made to drink urine filled with green chillies. Chillies were applied to their private parts as well for allegedly trying to steal a chicken from a poultry farm in the Siddharthnagar district.

The hands and legs of the two boys were tied up and they were stripped naked as they were subjected to physical torture. If it was not enough, they were injected with petrol, reports claim.

The incident came to light after the clip went viral on WhatsApp and caught the attention of a police constable in Siddarthnagar. The police outposts in-charges in the district and circle offices flung into action to know more about the incident.

Speaking to The Times Of India, Doomariyaganj circle officer Sujit Rai said, "Based on the video, we traced the poultry shop located at the Konkati crossing under Pathra Bazar police station of the district." "A police team reached the poultry shop and found that the person who had indulged in the savagery, as spotted in the video, was there. Initially, the man, identified as Mohammed Saud, denied the charges, but later when he was confronted with the video as evidence where the colour of his shirt and slippers matched too, the accused gave in," said Rai.

During the interrogation, he claimed that two boys aged 10 and 14 entered his poultry farm during his meeting with a customer.

"The two first picked up chickens and then began tampering with the cash box. Luckily, my aides who were outside the shop and I chased and nabbed them," Saud told cops. "We wanted to teach the two a lesson," Saud informed the police, identifying his other aides as Abdul, Ubaid, Akib, Pappu and Deepak Gupta.

The video of the horrific incident has gone viral.

The cops then approached the minors after which a formal complaint was lodged by their mother. Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident and an FIR has been lodged under the charges of IPC 307 (attempt to murder), 377 (unnatural sex), and charges under the Pocso Act.