4 Dalit Youths Thrashed, Urinated Upon, Made to Lick Boots in Maharashtra

Mumbai: In another caste-related shocking incident, four Dalit youths were allegedly semi-stripped, peed on, and made to lick boots in a village of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. They were later hung upside down from a tree and beaten up.

The poor Dalit youths had to suffer this inhuman ordeal because they were suspected to have stolen goats and pigeons.

As reported by the Statesman, this incident occurred a week back. Police have have arrested two of the six accused and search is on to nab the remaining four. They have been booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as well as under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections for attempt to murder, kidnapping, wrongful restraint, and rioting.

“The accused suspected that the four youths had committed the theft of some domesticated pigeons and goats. Probe suggests that they dragged the victims out of their homes and took them to a farm where their shirts were removed and hands and legs were tied before tying them upside down from a tree and thrashing them,” said the Ahmednagar police in a statement.

Prakash Ambedkar, President of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), said that the incident was a clear case of caste atrocity.

“Another day in Maharashtra, another caste atrocity… where a Dalit youth is seen pleading his innocence with folded hands… It is ABSOLUTELY UNQUESTIONABLE that this incident is a caste atrocity”. “I spoke to one of the boys… He told me that the police said ‘the Mahar community should be treated like this only’,” Ambedkar said in a statement on X.