Five arrested for parading workers naked in Sundargarh over molestation

ROURKELA: Police on Friday arrested five persons for allegedly assaulting and parading eight construction workers of West Bengal naked at Sundargarh town.

The accused were part of a mob which stripped the workers and paraded them naked after one of them was allegedly caught molesting a woman on Thursday. They also suspected the workers to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and their anger stemmed from the recent targeted attacks on Hindus in the neighbouring country.

Sources said one of the workers who was engaged in construction work near the Mission Road locality of Sundargarh town allegedly molested a woman. When she screamed for help, locals caught hold of the accused and thrashed him brutally.