Maharashtra: Four Dalits Hung, Beaten Over Suspicion Of Stealing In Ahmednagar

Four persons of Dalit community on Sunday were allegedly hanged upside down from a tree and beaten up with sticks by six persons on suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons at a village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district.

A video of the incident that took place in Haregaon village of Shrirampur taluka surfaced on social media, following which the police on Saturday arrested one person in connection with the attack, while five others are absconding, an official from Ahmednagar police said.

The police further informed that a group of six persons from the village allegedly took four Dalit men, all in their 20s, from their homes on August 25. The victims were hanged upside down from a tree and beaten up with sticks over suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons.

The accused have been identified as Yuvraj Galande, Manoj Bodake, Pappu Parkhe, Deepak Gaikwad, Durgesh Vaidya and Raju Borage, the official said. One of the accused allegedly shot a video of the attack, which later surfaced on social media.

According to the police officials, the injured men were taken to a nearby hospital.

A case under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 364 (kidnapping) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered after one of the victims Shubham Magade lodged a complaint with the police.