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 In a barbaric act, a group of junior doctors of Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh beat up a Dalit labourer for several hours, cut his hair haphazardly and allegedly forced him to drink his own urine in Gandhi Medical College hostel on 21 June 2006. The doctors suspected the labourer of stealing a wristwatch.
The man somehow managed to free himself from the clutches of the tormentors and rushed to the nearest police station. Police sources said Baliram Ahirwar, a Dalit from Raisen district, ekes out his living by whitewashing houses. He was on work on the day of the incident in Koh-e-Fiza locality when a group of junior doctors detained him on suspicion of stealing a wristwatch from B-Block of the hostel. The boarders took the man to the hostel and beat him up black and blue. The police sources said the junior doctors started beating him from 2.30 pm and continued thrashing till night. He was first beaten in a room and then taken to the roof where he was beaten up again. From the police station, he was rushed to Hamidia hospital for medical examination. When contacted a police official said the victim was not in a position to tell how many junior doctors beat him up. He only said he would identify them if they were brought before him. The police lodged a FIR against unknown persons on the charges of wrongful confinement of the labourer and beating him. The junior doctors said the labourer used to steal articles like mobile and wristwatches from the hostel. He had worked at the hostel earlier and was familiar with the premises. (Source: The Hindustan Times)
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