Thursday, December 16, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Police patil, family thrashes Dalit man

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Police-patil-family-thrashes-Dalit-man/articleshow/7108453.cms

Police patil, family thrashes Dalit man
TNN, Dec 16, 2010, 04.42am IST

BHANDARA: A Dalit man was severely beaten by a 'higher caste' police
patil of Kokanagad village. Ramesh Karade, 35, lodged a police
complaint about the incident that took place on December 10 but still
no action has been taken.

Karade, a resident of Kokanagad which 11km from Bhandara, is a farm
labourer. He had an old dispute regarding irrigation rights with
Ghanashyam Nimbarte, the village police patil, and his family. Karade
goes to Bhandara daily and returns home in the evening. On December
10, he came back to his village and was at the village square to meet
his friends when Nimbarte, along with his brothers Mukund and Nana,
arrived at the scene. Apparently without provocation, they started
thrashing Karade with sticks and fists. Karade, unable to repel them,
kept asking why they were beating him up. But the trio continued the
brutal thrashing.

They also uttered caste-specific abuses and issued threats to him.
Nimbarte's wife also joined the trio. The accused then left the spot.

Karade immediately approached the police outpost in Dhargaon and
lodged a complaint. The police constable took him to government
general hospital in Bhandara for treatment and the medical report is
awaited. Police officials at the outpost said that an offence would be
registered once the medical report confirms the assault. Meanwhile,
Nimbarte also lodged a complaint in Dhargaon outpost.

Karade said that the police patil and his brothers are behaving like
bullies. "They proudly say that they are above the law and no one can
take action against them. The police patil and his family should be
booked under provisions of Prevention of Atrocities Act. If action is
not taken, there is a threat to my life," he said.

Read more: Police patil, family thrashes Dalit man - The Times of
India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Police-patil-family-thrashes-Dalit-man/articleshow/7108453.cms#ixzz18Gr4NahI

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