By Shivani Kava / The News Minute
In a horrific case of caste-based atrocity, a 14-year-old Dalit boy was tied to a pole and thrashed mercilessly by local residents over suspicion of theft in Kempadenahalli village in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura district. The boy, Yashvanth, was accused of stealing the earrings of the daughter of a resident.
A video of the purported incident, which took place on the night of Thursday, September 29, was shot by villager residents and later shared online, following which the police took cognisance and registered a First Information Report (FIR) under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The FIR names 10 persons as the accused — Narayanaswamy, Naveen, Doddegowda, Harish, Ambika and five others — and states that they tied the boy to a pole and assaulted him.
In another video shot by villager residents, the boy’s mother Rathnamma said that the accused broke into their home and dragged her son outside. When she questioned them, they attacked her too. “They beat him with chappals and thrashed me.”
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