Palghar, March 13 A 25-year-old tribal man was allegedly abducted, hung upside down from a tree, and tortured by the owner of a brick kiln in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.
The police have registered a case against the accused, Nandu Deolikar, and his associate, both residents of Bhiwandi, in connection with the assault that occurred on Wednesday, an official said.
According to the police, the duo attacked the victim, Subhash Shinwar Bhoir, after they were unable to locate his older brother, who had allegedly borrowed Rs 50,000 from the kiln owner.
"According to the complaint, the accused forcibly bundled the victim into a four-wheeler on Wednesday afternoon, claiming they were searching for his brother. When they could not find him at local kilns, they drove Bhoir to their own kiln unit at Paye in Bhiwandi," the official said.
The duo allegedly attacked the victim with sharp weapons, tied his hands and feet with ropes, and hung him upside down from a tree, before proceeding to rub chilli powder into his wounds even as he screamed for help, the official said, quoting the FIR.
Bhoir was held captive overnight, but managed to escape, eventually reaching Nagave, he said.
A first information report has been registered under sections 140(3) (kidnapping with intent to secretly confine), 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 127(2) (wrongful confinement for extortion), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the accused, who have not been arrested, the official said.