Shivpuri: A bulldozer ransacked the houses of those who blackened the faces of Dalits and garlanded them with shoes.

Shivpuri: On June 30, in Shivuri’s Birkhadi village, people belonging to a particular class blackened the faces of Dalit youths and made them wear slippers.

ANIL TOMAR

Shivpuri: Gwalior. Naiduniya Representative. On June 30, in Shivuri’s Birkhadi village, people of a special class took out a procession by blackening the faces of Dalit youths wearing shoes and slippers. People of a particular class had accused the youth of molesting the girl. But after this incident, other organizations including BJP raised the issue and linked it to a case like Sidhi. After this, the administration swung into action and demolished the house of a Muslim family in Narwar for beating Dalits by blackening their faces and wearing garlands of shoes.

This was the event

On Friday, some people of village Barkhadi misbehaved with two youths named Anuj Jatav and Santosh Kewat, accusing them of molesting a village girl. According to the allegations, both these youths were harassing a girl of the village. To teach them a lesson, they were called to the village in a planned manner and were caught and beaten up. After this, a procession was taken out by blackening his face and putting a garland of shoes around his neck. Later they were handed over to the police. A video of this incident also went viral.

False allegation

When the police questioned these youths, the youths denied molestation. Even in the investigation of the police, the allegation of molestation with the girl could not be proved. At the time when the incident took place, the girl was not present there, the youth had talked to the girl only on the phone. SP Raghuvansh Bhadoria said that after this, six accused were arrested by registering a criminal case against Ajmat Khan, Vakil Khan, Arif Khan, Shahid Khan, Islam Khan, Rahisha Bano, Saina Bano on the basis of the complaint of the youth, while one The accused is absconding.

Courtesy: Nai Duniya

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