Four men tortured Dalit man suspecting affair with their kin
In a horrific incident, a 22-year-old Dalit man was allegedly held captive and tortured by four people, who also inserted an iron rod in his rectum, on suspicion that he was having an affair with a girl of their family in Lakhimpur Kheri District, police said on Friday. The police said that the accused Brahmadeen and his sons—Bharat, Gajraj and Raju have been arrested.
Man was mercilessly beaten causing injuries in his private parts
"The victim was rushed to the District Hospital where his condition was stated to be serious," the police said. According to police, on Wednesday night the Dalit man was mercilessly beaten by the accused causing injuries in his private parts. The victim's family members alleged that an iron rod was also inserted in his rectum. A detailed probe in the matter is on.
FIR lodged against accused under various sections of IPC
Tikona SHO Gyan Prakash Tiwari said, "On the complaint by the victim's brother, an FIR under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), Section 506 (criminal intimidation) and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, has been lodged against four persons."
Several cases of assault over inter-caste relationships have been reported
In June last year, another 20-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in Pimple Saudagar Suburb of Pune over an inter-caste relationship with an upper-caste woman, the Indian Express had reported. In January this year, a case of murder after inter-caste marriage was reported in Hyderabad. According to The News Minute, the victim's wife had alleged that her family was behind her husband's murder.
Dalit man was burnt alive over inter-caste relationship in 2019
In September 2019, The New Indian Express had reported that in Hardoi District of UP, a Dalit man was allegedly burnt alive over his relationship with a woman from another caste, after which the man's mother also died due to shock.
