Coovercolly Indresh / Hindustan Times
A 30-year-old Dalit man died by suicide after allegedly being beaten with a broom and abused using casteist slur at Haralugere village in Malur taluk of Kolar district on Thursday, police said.
The incident took place after the man made a comment on a friend’s wife while partying with friends on Wednesday night. The woman’s husband along with his friends beat up the man. The woman also allegedly beat up the man with a broom and insulted him by calling him a scheduled caste, according the complaint filed at the Malur police station.
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