A Dalit man accused of stalking a woman was stripped and whipped publicly by upper-caste Hindu men and women in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district last week.
The incident, which took place in Bhaisodamandi village, came to public attention after a video went viral.
In the video, the victim, half-naked with his face blackened and a garland of shoes hung around his neck, is seen being paraded through the village streets by a group of people.
The case has been registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) against Rameshwar Gurjar, Balchand Gurjar, and others, said Mandsaur SP Abhishek Anand.
The police said they have detained the accused and have also served a notice to the Dalit man in relation to the case filed against him.
This story was originally published in maktoobmedia.com.