Dalit Lawyer allegedly abused, assaulted, threatened in Yadgir; Case registered
Yadgir, June 17: A young Dalit lawyer was allegedly subjected to caste-based abuse, physical assault, and threats by two upper caste men in Nagarala village of Surapura taluk, triggering outrage after a video of the incident surfaced online.
The victim, identified as Durgappa Hosamani, told Vartha Bharati that the incident occurred while he was walking along a road in the village. According to Hosamani, two men—identified as Mallayya and Arjuna—stopped him without any provocation and began verbally abusing him with casteist slurs, before physically assaulting and threatening to kill him.
A video clip of the incident, which shows the lawyer being targeted and abused, has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnation.
Following a complaint filed by Hosamani, the Surapura Police have registered a case under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)—115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 133, 352, and 351—as well as under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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MP woman tehsildar who won Rs 50 lakh on ‘KBC’ held over flood relief ‘scam’
Sheopur (PTI): A woman tehsildar who gained national fame after winning Rs 50 lakh on the television show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ was arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior for her alleged involvement in a Rs 2.5 crore flood relief “scam”, officials said.
Amita Singh Tomar was arrested on Thursday in the 2021 alleged irregularities that took place in Baroda tehsil here, an official said, adding she has been lodged in a jail in neighbouring Shivpuri after being produced in court.
“A team led by Baroda Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Avneet Sharma arrested Tomar from her home in Gwalior's Chandravadni Naka. Tomar was the tehsildar of Vijaypur but was removed from the post by Collector Arpit Verma on Wednesday," the official said.
Tomar had applied earlier for anticipatory bail in the high court as well as the Supreme Court, but her appeals were rejected, he said.
The official said 22 patwaris (revenue officials) and one tehsildar have been arrested so far in the 2021 flood relief 'scam', which involves Rs 2.5 crore being allegedly transferred into fake bank accounts for the purpose of embezzlement.
Some 110 persons have been named in the FIR in the matter, he added.
The case is being probed by the SDOP of Baroda, a tehsil in Sheopur district, said Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Agarwal.
"Tomar had been absent from her duties, and a police team subsequently traced her and arrested her in Gwalior," the SP said.
Tomar had won Rs 50 lakh as a contestant on Kaun Banega Crorepati, or KBC, hosted by actor Amitabh Bachchan.
