A youth’s head was tonsured after he eloped with a minor girl on the pretext of marrying her. The incident took place at Barakanda village under Mahakalapada police station limits on March 21 night. According to SP Satish Kumar Gajbhiye, Jitendra Das (26) alias Bulla was assaulted by locals of Barakanda village for luring a 17-year-old girl of the same village, taking her to Bhubaneswar on January 7 last, keeping physical relationship with her and later torturing her.
As a result, the girl brought the matter to her father’s notice over phone. Acting on the information and getting address from his minor daughter, Niranjan Sethy, with the help of his family members, rushed to Bhubaneswar and rescued his daughter. He brought Jitendra also to the village where the angry villagers assaulted him and got his head tonsured. Sethy lodged an FIR at Mahakalapada police station on Saturday against the youth. Jitendra was arrested later.