Dalit's beating clip goes viral as Gujarat celebrates Founding Day
Devbhoomi Dwarka, May 1: About a year and a half after the infamous Una Dalit flogging case, an assault on a Dalit villager in Saurashtra region of Gujarat went viral on the social media on Tuesday, the Founding Day of the western state.
In the video clipping, Devshibhai Roshiya of Surajkaradi village in Devbhoomi Dwarka district, can be seen lying on the ground and three persons beating him with sticks. He was later saved due to the intervention of an elderly person.
Police identified the two accused as Sikandar Pir Khan and Salman Pir Khan while one remained unidentified. One of the accused is a son of the victim's neighbour Pir Khan Umarkhan Pathan, whose family lives opposite Devshibhai Roshiya's house in Surajkaradi.
Police sources said an FIR was got registered by Devshibhai on April 26 under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against 17 named members of the Pathan family, including women and children, and five unnamed persons for barging into his house, snatching money from him and using abusive language.
When the accused came to know about the FIR, they caught hold of Devshibhai and thrashed him in front of his house.
Devbhoomi Dwarka Superintendent of Police Rohan Anand said: "The incident occurred in Surajkaradi in Mithapur area around 9.30-10 a.m. on April 28. The Local Crime Branch is looking for three accused, who are neighbours of the victim. The investigation is being carried out by Deputy Superintendent of Police (SC/ST Division) R.K. Patel."
"In the past too, both sides were involved in altercations and lodged complaints against each other. As soon as we came to know about the crime, we registered a complaint."
Police security has been provided to Devshibhai, who is admitted in a hospital.
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Two FIRs lodged against Mithun Chakraborty for 'provocative' speech
Kolkata, Nov 6: Two FIRs have been lodged against actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month, police said on Wednesday.
The complaints pertain to Chakraborty's speech on October 27 at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake, during a BJP programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to launch the party's West Bengal membership drive.
The first FIR was filed at the Bidhannagar South police station based on a complaint by an individual, while the second was lodged at Bowbazar police station.
"We have started an investigation into the case," a senior officer of Bidhannagar police said.
Shah was also present at the programme, which was organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. Shah had also felicitated Chakraborty for being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
Although Chakraborty was unavailable for comment, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar described the FIRs a result of "vendetta politics.".
Majumdar alleged that the TMC government "has once again used the police to unfairly target well-known actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty".
He accused the chief minister of employing such tactics "to serve political interests" and claimed that the state government's actions were part of an ongoing attempt to discredit political opponents.
"There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool," he said.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh dubbed the BJP's allegations as baseless.
"The allegations of political vendetta are baseless. He shouldn't have made such provocative remarks. The law will take its own course," he said.
Chakraborty, who received India's highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, earlier this year, had asserted on October 27 that the 'masnad' (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 assembly elections, promising to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
While speaking at the programme, Chakraborty, a BJP leader, said, "In 2026, the 'masnad' will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal."
In an apparent reference to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's communal remarks aimed at BJP workers during the Lok Sabha elections, Chakraborty had allegedly made provocative remarks.
Chakraborty cautioned that no one should attempt to intimidate saffron party voters into abstaining from voting in the next assembly elections.
He called upon the booth-level workers of his party to resist any such attempts.
