LUCKNOW: The Rae Bareli police on Monday booked at least six persons in connection with a video that went viral on social media showing a class 10 dalit student being assaulted and made to lick feet of rivals.
Soon after the video went viral on social media, the district police chief swung into action and set up five teams to trace the victim and initiate action.
Superintendent of police, Rae Bareli, Shlok Kumar said that the main accused in the case is a minor and has been sent to a juvenile home, while five others, identified as Abhishek, Vikas Pasi, Mahendra Kumar, Hrithik Singh, Aman Singh and Yash Pratap are majors and they have been arrested. “We are still in hunt of the accused who made the Class X dalit student lick the feet,” said Kumar.
A police officer privy to the probe said that the class X dalit boy was subjected to torture and inhuman treatment because he was not ready to bow down to the extortion call of seniors who were passouts of the same school.
Meanwhile, in an another case, reported from Barabanki, a video of a 13-year-old girl went viral in which she was brutally thrashed while her hands and feet were tied by a shopkeeper.
SP, Barabanki, Anurag Vats said that an FIR was lodged while the shopkeeper, identified as Sarvajeet and his aide Karan, were arrested.
Courtesy : Times of india
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