Youth paraded half-naked for stalking girl

KANPUR: A youth was paraded half-naked, head tonsured and moustache half-cut at Mau Darwaza area in Farrukhabad on Sunday afternoon for stalking a teenage girl of Gutasi locality.
The residents of the area joined the procession and beat him with slippers.
The youth, a resident of Hatha Mintu Khan, had been stalking the girl for past few months and passing lewd comments.The girl complained to her parents about the youth. Other girls of the area made similar complaints against him.
On Sunday afternoon, when she was on her way back home from a nearby shop on Sunday afternoon, the accused stalked her and passed lewd comments. She informed her siblings through her mobile phone. They rushed to the spot and caught him.
On hearing the news about the prized ‘catch’, the residents of the area gathered on the street. They shaved his head in the shape of a cross, half-cut his moustaches and beat him black and blue in public view. The mob took him out in a procession.
Mau Darwaza police reached the spot and took the accused into custody. A case has been registered.