A man was arrested and two others were detained after an eight-year-old Dalit boy was brutally assaulted and hung upside down from a tree in Rajasthan’s Barmer district for allegedly touching a water pot. His mother and grandmother were also attacked when they tried to stop the assault.
According to the boy’s mother, Puri Devi, the incident took place in Bhakharpura village on Friday. She told Hindustan Times that her son was playing nearby when two men, identified as Narnaram Prajapat and Demaram Prajapat, asked him to clean a bathroom and collect garbage. After completing the work, the minor requested water and touched their pot, which allegedly triggered the violence.
The accused reportedly dragged the child to Narnaram’s house, where they hung him upside down from a tree and continued beating him.
The assault reportedly ended only when a relative of the boy began recording the incident on his phone. Soon after, the accused allegedly barged into Puri Devi’s home and attacked her and her mother-in-law.
“Prima facie investigation and medical examination confirm the boy was brutally beaten and hung upside down. However, the allegation that touching a water pot led to the assault is still under investigation,” Circle Officer Sukhram Bishnoi told the newspaper.
He added that an FIR was registered on August 30 against the three men — Narnaram, Demaram, and Ruparam Prajapat, all residents of Bhakharpura.
Police have charged the accused under Section 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), Section 127(2) (wrongful confinement), and Section 137(2) (kidnapping) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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