Youth assaulted, chilli powder rubbed on his wounds in North Tripura

He was taken to a local hospital for preliminary treatment.

When asked for the motive, police said that the attacker alleged that Sagar was caught while trying to steal the mobile phones of the accused persons when they were playing. However, local sources claimed that Sagar had proposed to the sister of one of the accused.

Sagar later told the reporters that a few youths from different localities had beaten him at the BBI complex that morning. However, he could identify only two of them.

Police said that they have registered cases under Section 341, 342, 325, 326, 506 and Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, charging a group of locals with wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons, criminal intimidation etc.

“We have lodged an FIR based on the statement of the injured youth. We have arrested one accused person,” North District Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty told reporters.