Police on Sunday rescued a mentally-retarded youth, who was allegedly tied to a tree and badly beaten up by a mob near the Jajpur Road railway station.
This appalling incident happened on Sunday afternoon after Muhammad Bullet Ali hailing from Malda in West Bengal had got down at the railway station.
The youth allegedly abused locals verbally leading to an altercation between them. Angry locals and shopkeepers beat Ali, following which he got agitated and started attacking people. The mob tied him to a tree and brutally assaulted him.
After the news spread, Vyasanagar Tehsildar Swapna Kumar Nanda and Jajpur Road IIC Rajiv lochan Panda with enforcement reached the spot and rescued Ali. Panda provided him food and made arrangements to send him back home with the help of railway police.