'Made to lick spit, drink urine at girl's birthday party': Gruesome detail emerge in UP student suicide

LUCKNOW: A Class 10 student was brutally assaulted, humiliated, and urinated upon by his peers at a birthday celebration in Basti.

The victim was lured to the party by his classmates, where he was subjected to physical abuse and humiliation.

The 17-year-old boy later hanged himself at his home on Monday night.

One Vinay Kumar invited the victim to a female friend's birthday party. The three accused, including the girl, subjected him to a brutal assault in an isolated area behind a house.

Upon reaching home, the distressed student narrated the ordeal to his family, who immediately approached the Kaptainganj Police Station. However, SHO Deepak Dubey allegedly did not take the matter seriously. Devastated by the police inaction, the boy died by suicide. The victim's family approached the Basti SP on Tuesday. Subsequently, the SHO was suspended for negligence, and a case was registered against the accused.

The victim's maternal uncle, Vijay Kumar, stated in his complaint to the police that on the evening of Dec 20, the boy was invited to a birthday celebration by local youths. "At the gathering, the accused allegedly stripped him, physically assaulted him, and forced him to drink urine, even urinating upon him whilst recording the incident. When the victim requested them to delete the video, they allegedly made him lick their spittle," he alleged.

Circle Officer Kalwari Pradeep Kumar Tiwari confirmed that, based on the uncle's complaint, a case was registered against four accused classmates under the charges of BNS 108 (abetment of suicide), 115 (2) voluntarily causing hurt, 351 (3) (threats of death or grievous harm), and three were held while one is absconding.

The victim's mother, Asha, said, "He was our only son who was sent to Basti to my brother's house. We are a poor family in Sant Kabir Nagar."


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