Bihar: Dalit woman beaten up in Gaya, husband’s hands chopped off when he came to her rescue, arrested

A heart wrenching incident has come to light from the district. Here some people were beating a Dalit woman, when the husband of the Dalit woman came in between to save her, his hands were chopped off with an axe.

Gaya. A case of a deadly attack on a Dalit youth and chopping off his hands with an axe has come to light in Gaya district of Bihar. The incident is from Tikari police station area. The victim’s wife had lodged an FIR with the police regarding the matter. Information about this incident was shared on social media on June 17. Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also visited the victim Sanjay Manjhi at his home in connection with the incident.

According to the information, the wife of Dalit youth Sanjay Manjhi started putting mud in front of the house to prevent water from entering her house. Eight people including Shivendra Mishra, Damodar, Ravi Mishra, Anand Bharadwaj opposed this. All of them started abusing the Dalit woman. When the Dalit woman opposed this, they caught hold of her with wrong intentions and started beating her. When the woman’s husband Sanjay Manjhi protested, the criminals attacked his hand with an axe and cut it.

According to Gaya police, this incident is of June 5. Taking action on the matter, all the accused have been arrested. At the same time, a case has also been registered under relevant sections. Police said that the case has been registered in case no. 241/24, date-05. 06.2024, section- 147/148/149/341/323/324/325/ 326/307/354/506 IPC and 27 Arms Act and 3 (i)(r)(s)(w)3(ii)(v-a)SC/ST Act.

Giving information, the police said that the incident is of June 5 and is now going viral on social media. Within an hour of filing the FIR in connection with this incident, all the criminals were arrested by registering a case under relevant sections. According to the police, at present all the criminals are behind bars.

Courtesy : Hindi News