Caught kissing 13-year-old girlfriend; teen, father 'paraded naked' at gunpoint

KOLKATA: In an unprecedented incident in the heart of the city that resembled a medieval kangaroo court, an 18-year-old youth, his father, and his 19-year-old friend were reportedly severely assaulted, threatened at gunpoint, stripped, and forced to parade naked for more than 50 metres through a congested street in Sarsuna, south-west Kolkata, on Sunday evening by the family of the teenager’s minor girlfriend.The public humiliation unfolded after the youth was allegedly caught kissing his minor girlfriend near Khalpar Math in the Khudiram Pally area on Oct 25.Local outrage over the incident erupted into violence on Monday as enraged residents vandalised the house of the prime suspects and confronted the police over alleged delays in handling the case and arresting all the accused.The police denied any delay, insisting that three persons had been arrested so far, including the parents of the 13-year-old girl and her maternal uncle.According to eyewitnesses, the girl’s…