1 held for assaulting, forcing Dalit man to lick slippers in UP’s Sonbhadra: Police
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By PTI
Sonbhadra: A contractual worker of the electrical energy division has been arrested on this Uttar Pradesh district for allegedly beating up a Dalit man and forcing him to lick his slippers, police mentioned on Sunday.
A video purportedly of the incident had gone viral on social media, they mentioned, including that the accused has been “terminated from the service”.
In his grievance submitted to police on July 8, Rajendra Chamar, the Dalit man, mentioned he belongs to the Scheduled Castes (SC) class.
“On July 6, he had gone to his maternal uncle’s place, where the electricity supply was disrupted. He was trying to locate the fault when the contractual employee of the power department, Tejbali Singh Patel, started hurling abuses at him. He hurled casteist words at the complainant and also made him lick his chappal. Subsequently, the locals intervened,” a police officer mentioned.
Based on the grievance, a case was registered in opposition to Patel underneath the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily inflicting damage), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, Circle Officer Amit Kumar mentioned, including that the accused has been arrested.
In the video, the accused can be seen twisting one arm of the complainant, pushing him onto the bottom, climbing up on his chest and slapping him.
He can be seen making the complainant lick his slippers.
In a tweet on Saturday evening, the Uttar Pradesh Police mentioned, “DGP UP has taken cognizance of the incident and directed the DIG range to visit the scene of the crime. An FIR has been registered under the SC/ST Act, and the accused has been promptly arrested. The DGP has given directions for the strictest legal action against the accused.”
On Sunday, the state police wrote on Twitter: “Update – Due to the swift action taken by @sonbhadrapolice, Tejbali Singh Patel, the arrested accused, has been terminated from service by the electricity department. “
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Sanjay Singh took a jibe on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the problem.
In a tweet in Hindi, the Rajya Sabha MP mentioned, “This is Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh. A devil is making a Dalit man lick his slippers. In your (BJP) rule, Dalits are not even considered human beings, how do you talk about uniform civil laws?”
Sonbhadra: A contractual worker of the electrical energy division has been arrested on this Uttar Pradesh district for allegedly beating up a Dalit man and forcing him to lick his slippers, police mentioned on Sunday.
A video purportedly of the incident had gone viral on social media, they mentioned, including that the accused has been “terminated from the service”.
In his grievance submitted to police on July 8, Rajendra Chamar, the Dalit man, mentioned he belongs to the Scheduled Castes (SC) class.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“On July 6, he had gone to his maternal uncle’s place, where the electricity supply was disrupted. He was trying to locate the fault when the contractual employee of the power department, Tejbali Singh Patel, started hurling abuses at him. He hurled casteist words at the complainant and also made him lick his chappal. Subsequently, the locals intervened,” a police officer mentioned.
Based on the grievance, a case was registered in opposition to Patel underneath the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily inflicting damage), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, Circle Officer Amit Kumar mentioned, including that the accused has been arrested.
In the video, the accused can be seen twisting one arm of the complainant, pushing him onto the bottom, climbing up on his chest and slapping him.
He can be seen making the complainant lick his slippers.
In a tweet on Saturday evening, the Uttar Pradesh Police mentioned, “DGP UP has taken cognizance of the incident and directed the DIG range to visit the scene of the crime. An FIR has been registered under the SC/ST Act, and the accused has been promptly arrested. The DGP has given directions for the strictest legal action against the accused.”
On Sunday, the state police wrote on Twitter: “Update – Due to the swift action taken by @sonbhadrapolice, Tejbali Singh Patel, the arrested accused, has been terminated from service by the electricity department. ”
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Sanjay Singh took a jibe on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the problem.
In a tweet in Hindi, the Rajya Sabha MP mentioned, “This is Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh. A devil is making a Dalit man lick his slippers. In your (BJP) rule, Dalits are not even considered human beings, how do you talk about uniform civil laws?”
