INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI |
Updated: Jan 22, 2020 10:18 IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Two Dalits were allegedly thrashed by a village chief for stealing potatoes
from a field in Bulandshahr's Baroda village."We got the information about the incident on January 10
Prem Jat, Meenu and Rakesh allegedly stole a sack of potatoes from a field belonging to a man called Rinku
Meenu and Rakesh belong to a scheduled caste
A Panchayat meeting was held where the two were slapped," Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh told ANI.However, Meenu and
Rakesh told police that the complaint was not lodged by them but by a man who wants to become the next village head
"During the investigation, Meenu Kumar said he did not file the complaint but a person from his village who is contesting Panchayat
They said that they had come to a settlement now on the matter
However, we have ordered an investigation," Singh said.Meenu and Rakesh, however, alleged that they were beaten up badly
They claimed that they did not steal potatoes and that the theft was committed by Prem
A village chief told Prem to confess that we were also part of the theft
We are innocent but the villagers did not listen to us," they said."They thrashed us badly and made us squat like hens and hold our ears
They also recorded the whole incident and made it viral
Two persons - Kalu Pradhan and Gabbar, the present village head, beat us up
We were also told to pay Rs 3000 as fine," they added.The two also alleged that the police did not take any action
