Hyderabad: A case has been registered against five people for allegedly stripping and assaulting a 26-year-old Dalit man, police said on Saturday, April 19.
According to the complaint, which was lodged on April 13, Tarun Kumar from the Madiga community was attacked on the night of March 26. He said the attackers stripped him, forced him to lick their feet, used casteist slurs and recorded a video of the assault.
Tarun stated that he was unable to stand following the assault and underwent treatment at a hospital.
Tarun’s complaint stated that he had gone to speak to one of his attackers, G Kiran Kadav, a resident of Gundlapochampally.
Tarun was trying to help mediate a divorce between Kiran and his wife, Vinitha, who had filed for divorce in the Secunderabad family court, but later changed her mind and asked Tarun to speak to her husband.
“On March 26, at around 10:30 pm, I approached Kiran not to sign the divorce papers. However, Kiran and five others attacked me and abused me using casteist slurs. I was also forced to lick their feet,” stated Tarun’s complaint.
While Kiran belongs to the Yadav community, two were Gouds, and one was a Muslim.
A case was registered against the six accused under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Although five of them have been arrested, one remains at large. Further investigations are on.
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