In a highly shocking incident, a man was brutally assaulted for protesting passing of lewd comments at his wife by some miscreants near his residence at Siripur under the Khandagiri police station here.
Sources said Siripur resident Swarup Das along his wife Sharmistha Das had gone to attend a marriage function. While returning home, three youths on a bike passed lewd comments in front of their house on Sharmista. When Swarup protested the youths along with some associates allegedly thrashed him severely following which he has been admitted to a private hospital.
After scrutinising the footages of the incident on a CCTV camera, police arrested the main accused, but the others were still at large. locals alleged that that due to an illegal liquor shop in the area, many anti-socials are frequenting the locality and creating nuisance.
However, despite repeated complaints, the local police have turned a deaf ear to it.