Six boys held after video shows them assaulting minor; forcing him to consume narcotic substance
Bengaluru (PTI): Six boys have been apprehended after a video surfaced online allegedly showing them stripping another juvenile, assaulting him, and forcing him to consume a prohibited narcotic substance, police said on Thursday.
The incident came to light when personnel from the social media monitoring unit of Govindarajanagar police station were scanning online platforms on October 4 to identify and prevent activities that could disturb public order, they said.
The video was shown to the Station House Officer, who, after reviewing it, registered a case on his own, in connection with the incident. During further investigation, on October 5, the police team managed to trace the victim seen in the video, police officials said.
"Upon inquiry, he revealed that about five to six months ago, a few boys had locked him inside a room, forced him to smoke a cigarette containing a banned drug, and when he refused, they assaulted and abused him in filthy language. He further stated that the entire incident was recorded on video," a senior police officer said.
Continuing the investigation the same day, police traced and questioned the six juveniles involved in the assault, he said. "One among them confessed that the incident had occurred in a room located on the terrace of his house," the officer added.
Following the incident, all six juveniles were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and subsequently sent to the Government Observation Home at Madiwala for care and protection, police said. Police have appealed to parents to keep a close watch on their children and inform the local police if they notice any such behaviour.
"Timely information can help ensure appropriate treatment for addicted individuals, prevent their involvement in criminal activities, and assist police in identifying and taking strict legal action against drug peddlers," police added.
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Tipra Motha youth wing stages protest near Bangladesh Assistant High Commission
Agartala (PTI): Tipra Motha Party's youth wing on Friday staged a demonstration near the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here to protest "anti-India campaign" and remarks made by a leader of the neighbouring country about the Northeast.
Security has been beefed up near the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in the wake of the protest staged by the Youth Tripra Federation (YTF).
"We want to remind anti-India forces in Bangladesh that it was India that liberated Bangladesh from the oppression of Pakistan Army... It took only 13 days to turn East Pakistan into a sovereign country," YTF president Suraj Debbarma told reporters.
The agitators also raised slogans against the present regime in Bangladesh.
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Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, in an X post, said, "The only political party in Northeast to publicly protest outside the Bangladesh (Assistant) High Commission after statements were made against our Northeast is Tipra Motha and YTF. Wake up political rivals our real fight should be against the new mini Pakistan (Bangladesh), not each other."
During a rally in protest against the attack on prominent July Uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who later succumbed to gunshot wounds, National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah had threatened to split the seven sisters of the Northeast from India and provide shelter to separatist leaders of the region.
West Tripura Superintendent of Police (SP) Namit Pathak said that Tripura State Rifles (TSR) and CRPF personnel have been deployed to provide security to Bangladesh Assistant High Commission.
"Adequate security arrangements have been made to handle the situation," he said.
The protest brought back memories of last year, when hundreds of agitators had barged into the assistant high commission and the Centre had to tender an apology for the security breach.
Tension gripped Bangladesh on Friday after the death of Hadi triggered protests and violence in various parts of the country.
Hadi, a candidate in the scheduled February 12 general elections, died while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days. He was shot in the head last week by masked gunmen as he initiated his election campaign at central Dhaka's Bijoynagar area.
Protesters on Thursday took to the streets and attacked offices of newspapers and vandalised 32 Dhanmandi, the home of Bangladesh's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Protesters also hurled bricks and stones at the residence of the Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Chattogram, at 1.30 am, but failed to cause any damage.
