Indus Valley Times

By Mahendra Kumar Darjee

Bolangir, Sept. 17: In a ghastly act, four unidentified drunkards allegedly perpetrated brutal sexual assault on a 19-year-old youth in Odisha’s Bolangir district by inserting a steel drinking glass into his rectum.

The victim hailing from Ramachandrapur village under Deogaon police station has sustained serious injuries in the violent sexual attack. He was initially admitted to the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital for treatment. However, when his condition deteriorated later, he was shifted to the Burla Medical College and Hospital. He is stated to be serious.

The traumatised and terrified family members of the victim had not lodged a police complaint in connection with the crime till this report was filed.

However, the Bolangir district police took suo moto notice of the incident and launched an investigation into it.

According to reports, the incident took place on Wednesday evening when the victim went to the side of a road near his village for his daily ablution. Suddenly, three drunken men allegedly appeared from nowhere. They allegedly brandished a pistol and started threatening him.

Initially, the drunken men allegedly hurled abuses at the victim before overpowering him. Afterwards, they allegedly forced a steel glass into his rectum.

 Somehow, the victim managed to free himself from the clutches of the attackers and reached home in a critical condition. He went through agonising pain due to the injury he had suffered in the attack which caused excessive bleeding. He was shifted to the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital on Thursday morning. Later he was moved to the Burla Medical College and Hospital for a surgery.

“I don’t know the people who brutalised me. I was too shocked to realise what happened to me,” the victim told briefly.