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Dalit youth beaten up, forced to walk on knees |
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Tuesday, 30 November 1999 |
A Dalit youth, Tapan Ghadei, was paraded on his knees in a village under Pattamundai Police Station in Kendrapada district, 35 km for here on Sunday.
According to sources, Tapan, a resident of Balijhari village, was first brutally beaten up by four youths of nearby Dandi village. It is being alleged that he had pulled a girl's hand. Later they forced injured Tapan to parade on his knee in the village road.
According to the victim, he had gone to clean his hand and leg in a nearby pond. While doing so, he slipped and to stop himself from slipping he caught hold of the girl's hand. But as ill-luck would have it, she also fell down after the youth pulled her hand. The girl was paying a visit to her relative village at Balijhar and was standing near the village pond.
It is alleged that at this point the girl along with her friends assaulted him near the pond. Later, the girl, who is a native of Dandi
village, brought the matter before her relative and her family members. Four youths of Dandi village allegedly assaulted him and later forced him to walk on his knee in the village road for misbehaving with the girl and pulling on girl's hand. On Monday, Tapan lodged an FIR in the Pattamundai police station, but no arrest has been made so far. According to the Kendrapara SP, Mr Dayal Gangwar, investigations are on the case.
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