Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:06am on 26 Nov 2023,Sunday India
A disturbing caste-based assault occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur when a teenage Dalit boy was abducted and tortured by several attackers. The perpetrators thrashed the victim, shaved his eyebrows, and coerced him to ingest urine and soil before releasing him. Though the boy's father immediately contacted local police on Thursday evening, they refused to file a report. After escalating the complaint on Saturday, officials finally registered FIRs against both parties - booking two men for assaulting the boy while also charging the boy for alleged sexual harassment of a village girl. Rights advocates have strongly condemned the egregious abuse and dangerous delay in filing a complaint over such a brutal, potentially fatal hate crime.
