Police on Thursday arrested four people in connection with the suicide of a youth in G Rautput village of the district on April 3 who was beaten and tortured in public along with his lover.
The Koraput Sadar police arrested the girl’s father, brother and two uncles after investigations. It might be mentioned here that the deceased youth Jadu Muduli had eloped and got married with a girl of a different caste of the village. later, they were persuaded to return to the village. But as the girl’s family was not happy with the developments, they along with some villagers thrashed the lovebirds black and blue. However, the public thrashing was videographed by someone and the video went viral over the internet. Humiliated Jadu and the girl attempted suicide. While the youth died, the girl was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition. But she managed to survive.