Ludhiana: In a horrific and painful series of events for a migrant who had landed in Ludhiana for work just a month back, four men forced a wooden stick into his private parts early on Monday and ran away after the stick broke inside the rectum. Though the victim raised the alarm, he didn’t get any help. Reeling in pain, the man walked to the civil hospital in Jagraon, some one-and-a-half kms away from the crime spot.

Though the 32-year-old victim was referred to a hospital in Ferozepur after his condition deteriorated, he was brought to a private hospital in Ludhiana for specialized treatment. Quoting doctors, cops said the condition of the man was serious.

The victim, who managed to give a statement to cops, alleged that he was attending the nature’s call along Saim Nullah at Pabbiyan village in Jagraon, when the four men with their faces covered came to the spot on two motorcycles.

The migrant, who had arrived in the district from his native place in Bihar and had been working as a labourer in the grain market near Pabbiyan, claimed that the miscreants caught hold of him and took him forcibly to a motor pump located in the fields. He said the men then forced a wooden stick into his private parts.

Cops said according to him, the wooden stick broke inside the rectum. And when he cried for help, the miscreants ran away from the spot. He said getting no help or vehicle to take him to a hospital, he had to walk to the civil hospital in Jagraon.

Police officials said the doctors at Jagraon civil hospital referred him to a Ferozepur hospital after his condition deteriorated, but the victim was later brought to a private hospital in Ludhiana for specialized treatment.

Police have meanwhile booked the four unidentified accused under Section 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sadar Jagraon police station.

ASI Gurdeep Singh, investigating officer (IO) of the case, said the condition of the victim is serious and he was being operated upon. The IO said the matter is being thoroughly probed and things would become clear after getting the medical examination report.

