MP: Disabled Dalit boy beaten up for urinating, drain cleaned!
After the CCTV footage of the incident came to light, the police registered a case against the accused retired officer and arrested him. The victim is a Dalit disabled minor, his age is 17 years.
The Mooknayak Published on: 20 Sep 2024, 11:29 am
Madhya Pradesh. In Harda district, a retired officer beat up a Dalit handicapped person for allegedly urinating. Not only this, the accused also made the victim remove his shirt and clean the drain. After the CCTV footage of the incident surfaced, the police registered a case against the accused retired officer and arrested him. The victim handicapped is a minor, his age is 17 years. The incident happened on Thursday morning at around 10 o’clock.
According to media reports , the video of the incident is going viral on social media, in which the retired officer is seen beating the victim while getting the drain cleaned. The victim says that he had urinated in the drain next to the car. At the same time, the accused beat him up badly accusing him of urinating on the car. The accused is retired from the Income Tax Department.
Beaten badly for urinating
The incident is of Vivekanand campus located in Harda city. A 17-year-old Dalit youth was passing by here. He is also handicapped. He stopped there and urinated. On this, DP Ojha, a retired officer from the Income Tax Department living in the campus, caught him. Accusing him of urinating on the car, he beat him up. Along with beating, the accused made the youth remove his shirt and made him clean the drain. It is alleged that the retired officer used caste-related abuses against the youth.
Police arrested the accused retired officer
The youth was injured due to the beating. He left from there. He lodged a complaint against the accused in Harda police station. The incident was recorded in the CCTV camera installed there, the footage of which went viral on social media. The police have registered a case against the accused and arrested him. A police officer said that the incident happened on Thursday. The retired officer scolded the minor accusing him of urinating on his car. When he denied the allegation saying it was a lie, the accused beat him up. The police officer said that the accused also forced the boy to clean the drain with his shirt.
