Police on Friday arrested 10 persons here for allegedly assaulting a married woman and a youth suspecting them of having an illegitimate affair.
Police said the youth had visited the house of the woman at New Jagannath Colony under the Paradip Model police station on Wednesday night when her husband had gone outside. Suspecting them of having an extramarital affair, some residents of the locality locked the duo in the house.
Then they dragged the two out of the house and assaulted them besides tonsuring the victims.
Later, the youth claimed that he had come to the woman’s house for repaying a borrowed amount. Acting on a complaint lodged by the woman, police arrested ten locals, including seven women, who were allegedly involved in assaulting the duo.