Banki: Passing lewd comments to a girl cost three youth dearly as they were severely humiliated by locals for their offence here in Odisha's Cuttack district.

According to reports, the locals of Bheda Ramachandrapur village under Banki police limits captured three youth while they were trying to flee after eve-teasing a village girl midway yesterday.

To give them a lesson for eve-teasing, the villagers tied the eve teasers to a nearby electric pole and smeared ink on their faces and put tyres on their necks.

On receiving information, Banki police rescued the trio from the clutches of the angry villagers and took them to the police station. Later, the accused youth were set free following a compromise made between the villagers and their families at the police station.