Uttar Pradesh: 5 Arrested for Thrashing Dalit Teen, Hurling Casteist Abuses in Muzaffarnagar
Five people allegedly beat up a Dalit teenager in a village here and made casteist remarks against him, police said on Sunday.
Muzaffarnagar, July 13: Five people allegedly beat up a Dalit teenager in a village here and made casteist remarks against him, police said on Sunday. A case has been registered against the five people from Badhai Kala village in Muzaffarnagar district for beating up Gullu, 19, when he was going to buy goods from a shop on Saturday, they said. According to the complaint lodged by him, he was on his way to a shop when Azad, Ankur, Nitin, Deepak and Saurabh started abusing him. When he opposed them, they thrashed him and hurled casteist remarks at him. Uttar Pradesh: Dalit Man Claims Priest Stopped Him From Praying at Lodheshwar Mahadev Temple in Barabanki, Priest Alleges ‘Daughter-in-Law’ Molested, Police Launch Probe.
They were booked under relevant sections of the BNS and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Charthawal SHO Jasvir Singh on Sunday told reporters.
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