A former sarpanch of a Madhya Pradesh village was allegedly abducted and sodomised for four days by a group of men who suspected he helped another man’s daughter-in-law elope, said police on Tuesday. Police arrested 13 people in the case, among them the man whose daughter-in-law eloped, said sub-inspector M L Bhati, in-charge of Jhabua kotwali (outpost). “Police got the remand of three of them who are accused of sodomising the man and looting cash and valuables from him. The accused ambushed the former sarpanch, 46, of a village in Dhar district in west Madhya Pradesh along with two of his friends on March 20 and held them captive in a ravine inside a forest. According to police, the accused wanted to teach the former sarpanch a lesson and beat him up several times during captivity even as they sexually assaulted him.

Source: Hindustan Times March 28, 2017 10:40 UTC