Agra: A group of residents of Saharakhurd village in Aligarh allegedly blackened the face of a youth , shaved his head and paraded him through the village as a “punishment” for harassing girl students and uploading his photographs along with their morphed pictures on social media.

The accused, identified as Mohm Waqeel, is in his 20s. He was later handed over to police. A case has been registered against three youths — Waqeel, Shahrukh and Khairul Khan — at Iglas police station under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty) and provisions of the IT Act.

According to local residents, Waqeel along with his friends allegedly harassed girl students of their village. When the girls protested, they were abused. The youths also allegedly uploaded the morphed photographs of the girls with them on Facebook.

Fed up with their harassment, the girls told their parents, who decided to punish the boys.

On Monday, some parents caught Waqeel and shaved his head off. Before handing him over to police, they blackened his face and paraded him around the village.

One of the accused, Khairul Khan, who was later arrested by the police, told mediapersons that Shahrukh and Waqeel asked him to upload the morphed photographs on social media.

