In UP’s Saharanpur, Dalit man assaulted, moustache shaved off
2 min read Weeks after an argument, six individuals in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district allegedly assaulted a Dalit man and obtained his moustache shaved off at a barbershop, calling it an unique image of satisfaction for his or her group, the police stated on Friday.
The police stated they’ve booked all six males moreover apprehending the barber.
“This was an attempt on the part of the accused to create tensions,” stated Rajneesh Kumar, CO Deoband. “The FIR has been filed under appropriate sections against the accused and teams have been formed for their arrest. As part of surveillance, we are tracking their cellphones and will soon have leads. The region is peaceful and we are maintaining vigil. We have apprehended the barber in whose shop the incident took place.”
The sufferer, Rajat, has alleged that the accused individuals threatened him with dire penalties and made casteist remarks. He filed the grievance towards Neeraj Rana, Satyam Rana, Mokam Rana, Rupantu Rana, Monty Rana and Sandeep Rana, moreover Rajendra the barber. All of them hail from Badgaon village, stated the police.
The police have additionally obtained an audio clip, allegedly from a couple of weeks in the past, through which the accused individuals and the sufferer might be heard arguing and buying and selling caste-based insults.
The FIR says the accused cornered and assaulted Rajat when he was passing by the village on Monday morning, drew sharp weapons, and marched him to Rajendra’s barbershop within the neighborhood. They advised the sufferer that the moustache is an emblem of satisfaction for Thakurs and that solely they had been allowed to maintain it, it says.
A purported video of the incident, shared extensively on social media and shot by the accused, reveals them standing across the sufferer as half of his moustache is taken off.
The barber, in the meantime, has advised the police that he was unaware of the accused individuals’ intentions. He claimed he merely did what he was requested to do.
The FIR has been filed underneath IPC Sections 147 (rioting), 323 (punishment for inflicting harm), 504 (intentional insult) in addition to related sections of the SC/ST Act.
