Video: Dalit Man Beaten With Slippers in UP’s Muzaffarnagar, Village Head Arrested

Bhim Army workers along with the members of the Dalit community staged a sit-in outside the Chhapar police station to protest against the incident.

Author: India.com News Desk Edited by: Priyanka

Updated: August 21, 2022, 5:00 PM IST

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Muzaffarnagar: In yet another case of caste-based violence, two people were booked in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar for allegedly beating a Dalit youth with slippers, reported news agency PTI quoting the police on Saturday. The action was taken after a video of the incident went viral on the internet.

According to the police, Dinesh Kumar (27), a Dalit man, was beaten up by the village head of Tajpur, Shakti Mohan Gurjar and Gaje Singh, the former village head of Reta Nagla village, with slippers, who also threatened to kill him.

In UP’s Muzaffarnagar, a village head and his people thrashed a SC youth with slippers in public and threatened him with death while abusing caste slurs.

They also recorded the incident and made it viral to humiliate the SC people.
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— Mission Ambedkar (@MissionAmbedkar) August 20, 2022

Superintendent of Police (City) Arpit Vijayvargiya told reporters that both the persons have been booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The village head, Shakti Mohan, has been arrested by the police and a search is on for the second accused, he said.

Bhim Army workers stage protest, security tightened

Bhim Army workers along with the members of the Dalit community staged a sit-in outside the Chhapar police station to protest against the incident, demanding strict action against the accused. Police have tightened security in the area.

(With inputs from PTI)