UP: Dalit guy thrashed, tonsured for ‘stealing’ bathroom seat; BJP chief amongst held

Through PTI

BAHRAICH (UP): A 30-year-old Dalit guy was once allegedly tied to an electrical pole, thrashed, tonsured, and his face blackened through 3 males at the suspicion of stealing a bathroom seat in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, police stated on Sunday.

The entire accused, together with a neighborhood BJP chief, had been arrested, they stated.

The incident, which came about on Wednesday in Natural Hind Singh village underneath Hardia police station house, got here to the fore after its purported video surfaced on social media.

Within the video, the Dalit guy known as Rajesh Kumar, a day-to-day guess, is noticed being thrashed and paraded through the accused.

Police lodged an FIR in opposition to 3 individuals within the case and initiated investigations.

Further Superintendent of police Ashok Kumar stated an FIR underneath related sections of IPC and SC/ST Act in opposition to native BJP chief Radheshyam Mishra, Saroj alias Renu Vajpai and Rakesh Tiwari was once registered on Thursday.

“The entire accused had been arrested,” Kumar stated.

BAHRAICH (UP): A 30-year-old Dalit guy was once allegedly tied to an electrical pole, thrashed, tonsured, and his face blackened through 3 males at the suspicion of stealing a bathroom seat in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, police stated on Sunday.

The entire accused, together with a neighborhood BJP chief, had been arrested, they stated.

The incident, which came about on Wednesday in Natural Hind Singh village underneath Hardia police station house, got here to the fore after its purported video surfaced on social media.

Within the video, the Dalit guy known as Rajesh Kumar, a day-to-day guess, is noticed being thrashed and paraded through the accused.

Police lodged an FIR in opposition to 3 individuals within the case and initiated investigations.

Further Superintendent of police Ashok Kumar stated an FIR underneath related sections of IPC and SC/ST Act in opposition to native BJP chief Radheshyam Mishra, Saroj alias Renu Vajpai and Rakesh Tiwari was once registered on Thursday.

“The entire accused had been arrested,” Kumar stated.