Bihar youth brutally thrashed, forced to marry his aunt

A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. (Photo: @Hopes_times)

A 24-year-old man in Bihar's Supaul district was brutally thrashed and forced to marry his aunt, with whom he was allegedly having an affair, NDTV reported.

As per the report, the incident occurred on July 2 when Mithlesh Kumar Mukhiya was kidnapped by a group of people and taken to a house belonging to his uncle, Shivchandra Mukhiya, in Jeevchhapur.

Mithlesh's father Ramchandra, in his complaint, told the police that his son was thrashed by the group for allegedly having an affair with his uncle’s wife Rita Devi. Shivchandra and Rita have a four-year-old son, the report added.

A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The video shows villagers brutally thrashing Mithlesh with rods. Subsequently, Rita was also brought to the spot and Mithlesh was then forced to apply vermillion on her forehead.

Mithlesh's father said he and his wife were also thrashed when they tried to intervene. His son sustained grievous injuries in the assault, he added.

After police arrived at the spot, the accused fled the scene. As per the report, Ramchandra said his son was attacked by Raja Kumar, Vikas Mukhiya, Shivchandra Mukhiya, Suraj Mukhiya, Pradeep Thakur, Suresh Mukhiya - all residents of Jeevchhapur - and Rahul Kumar And Sajan Sahni - residents of Belaganj under Bhimpur police station.

Bhimpur Station House Officer (SHO) Mithlesh Pandey said a case has been registered and efforts are on to trace the accused. He also said that Mithlesh was initially admitted to Narpatganj Hospital but was later referred to Araria Sadar Hospital in a critical condition, the report added.