4 held for assaulting Dalit youths for eating panipuri
Mysuru: Police on Wednesday said that four persons were arrested in connection with an assault on five Dalit youths who were beaten up for enjoying panipuri in Arasinakere village.
In their complaint to Jayapura police, the Dalit youths wrote that they were beaten up for entering an upper-caste area of the village to eat panipuri on the evening of January 13.
According to the police, they were assaulted between 5 pm and 7.30 pm. Local people had approached the Jayapura police the same night and alleged that a few men had assaulted the Dalit youths. Superintendent of police Chetan and other senior officers visited the village which was tense following the assault.
“We registered a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Four persons have been arrested,” Chetan said.
All the five injured in the assault were treated at KR Hospital in the city.
Another group has lodged a counter complaint.
Courtesy : TOI
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