"Police have registered a case of abatement of suicide (section 306 of the RPC) at the police station in Budhal against five persons (of the panchayat)," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Rajouri, Yougal Manhas told PTI.
Those who have been booked have been identified as Molvi Abdul Latief, his brothers Mohd Rafiq and Mohd Bashir, Abdul Rashid and Molvi Ghulam Rasool, he said, adding Rashid and Bashir have been arrested and search is on to nab others.
The incident came to light after an audio message of the youth went viral on social media, in which he accused the panchayat of "humiliation" by directing him to drink the urine of the girl.
Hussain's body was recovered by the Police from Samarsar Alpine lake last Sunday.
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"The deceased in an audio clip, recorded just before his suicide, has alleged that he was being pressurised by a village panchayat to drink the urine of a girl, whose parents and relatives had alleged that he sexually harassed her," Manhas said.
"Despite pleading innocence, the Panchayat didn't bother to pass an inhuman directive that the deceased shall be pardoned only if he drinks the urine of the girl," the SSP said.
"Feeling disappointed and depressed, the deceased took the extreme step to end his life, and committed suicide by jumping into the Alpine lake, Samarsar", he said.
Hussain, a post-graduate and resident of remote Targain village of Budhal, had gone missing last Saturday.