8-year-old Dalit boy beaten, hung upside down for touching water pot in Rajasthan
Barmer: In a horrifying incident of caste-based violence, an eight-year-old Dalit boy was brutally assaulted and hung upside down from a tree in Bhakharpura village of Rajasthan’s Barmer district, allegedly for touching a water pot. His mother and grandmother were also attacked when they tried to intervene.
According to the victim’s mother, Puri Devi, the incident occurred on Friday when her son, who was playing nearby, was asked by two men, identified as Narnaram Prajapat and Demaram Prajapat, to clean a bathroom and collect garbage. After finishing the work, the boy reportedly requested water and touched a pot, which allegedly triggered the violent assault.
The two accused allegedly dragged the boy to Narnaram’s house, hung him upside down from a tree, and continued beating him. The assault was reportedly stopped only after a relative of the boy began filming the incident on a mobile phone. Shortly afterward, the accused allegedly stormed into the boy’s house and attacked his mother and grandmother.
“Prima facie investigation and medical examination confirm the boy was brutally beaten and hung upside down. However, the allegation that the violence was triggered by touching a water pot is still under investigation,” Circle Officer Sukhram Bishnoi told Hindustan Times.
An FIR was filed on August 30 against three individuals, Narnaram, Demaram, and Ruparam Prajapat, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), and 137(2) (kidnapping). The accused have also been booked under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Police have arrested one of the accused, while two others are currently in detention.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
