Teen tortured, stripped, tonsured over car damage; 6 arrested | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: The Golconda police have arrested six people for allegedly harassing, assaulting, humiliating and attempting to kill a 19-year-old, after he failed to pay for damage to a rented car.The prime accused, Ibrahim Ali Khan, and the five others were remanded in judicial custody on Oct 21, said Syed Faiz, assistant commissioner of police (Golconda).Police said they received a complaint on Oct 18 from Arbaz Khan, an intermediate student, who alleged that he had rented a self-drive car for a day about five months ago. When the vehicle was returned, its owner, Ibrahim Ali Khan, found minor damage to the car’s body.“Ibrahim demanded that Arbaz get the damage repaired. When he failed to do so even after a week, Ibrahim began pressuring him to get the work done and also demanded that he pay rent for using the car for another week,” a Golconda police official said.On Oct 18, after Arbaz failed to meet Ibrahim’s repeated demands, two men on a motorcycle — identified as Fardeen and Khurram, alleged accomplices of Ibrahim — intercepted him around 2 am, while he was on his way to a medical store.. “They first forced Arbaz to transfer Rs 1,500 to Ibrahim and then took him to Ibrahim’s office in Gulshan Colony, where he was threatened and tortured,” the official said.In his complaint, Arbaz alleged that the accused initially beat him with sticks and then forced him to strip and dance naked. He was further humiliated when the accused allegedly measured his penis and cut his hair. He was subsequently taken to a salon, where his head was shaved, police said.The teenager also alleged that the accused attempted to attack him with a stone.Police said the accused confined Arbaz at Ibrahim’s office throughout the night before releasing him at around 11 am on Oct 18.“On reaching home, Arbaz’s family members asked him about his absence and the injuries he had sustained. He then narrated how the car owner had tortured him for failing to pay for the vehicle’s repairs,” the police official said.Based on Arbaz’s complaint, police registered a case under Sections 109 (attempt to murder), 308(5) (extortion) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further probe in underway, cops said.