In yet another terrifying incident of caste atrocity, a 25-year-old Dalit man was assaulted and brutalised allegedly by the family members of a woman he was in a relationship with, in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district.
The incident took place on July 7 but caught the attention after the video of the violent assault went viral on social media. In the video, the youth can be seen tied to a tree partly naked while the group keeps questioning him about his caste.
Taking strong note of the brutal assault of a Dalit man, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued a notice to the Yogi Adityanath government and sought an action-taken report.
Commission chairperson Vijay Sampla said that the incident was shameless, brutal, inhuman and unpardonable act.
The victim is now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and his condition is said to be stable.