Rajasthan: Man Made To Rub Nose On Temple Floor Is Latest In List Of Atrocities Against Dalits
On Wednesday, Police in Alwar, Rajasthan arrested seven men after the video of them making a Dalit man rub his nose on a temple floor went viral.
The victim, identified as Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, a bank employee was subjected to inhuman humiliation over a Facebook post.
Facebook post against Kashmir Files
Meghwal had posted on Facebook, criticizing the move to make Kashmir Files tax-free, while a film like Jai Bhim was not.
He also questioned if only atrocities were committed against Kashmiri Pandits and not Dalits.
He wrote that atrocities are happening with the poor daily and there is nothing in the name of their safety.?
However, some of the people then started writing religious slogans like Jai Shree Ram and Jai Shree Krishna in response to Meghwal's post.?
To this, Meghwal allegedly reacted with some derogatory remarks against gods which further provoked people.
Though he, later sought an apology for making the derogatory comments, on Tuesday Meghwal was forced to go to the local temple, where he was made to rub his nose on the floor.
The incident came to light after a video showing Meghwal rubbing his nose on the floor was shared on social media.
Following Meghwal's complaint, eleven people have been booked and seven of them were arrested on Wednesday, said police.
Killed for having a moustache
This came just days after the death of Jitendra Pal Meghwal of Pali who was tortured and killed by two upper caste men for having a moustache.?
Meghwal, a resident of Barwa village, was stabbed to death by the two men, on March 15, for having a moustache.
The youth who was working as a COVID-19 health assistant working in a government hospital in Bali had posted several photos of him with a thick mustache, which the accused reportedly could not tolerate.
The two men, identified as Suraj Singh Rajpurohit and Ramesh Singh travelled 800 km on a two-wheeler to kill him.
Dalit woman gangraped at gunpoint
On the same day, a 26-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint in Dholpur district.
While the woman and her husband were returning from their field, six men from their village stopped them.
They attacked her husband and two of the six men raped her at gunpoint.
Dalit rape victim left to die
In February this year, a 35-year-old Dalit woman who was rescued in an unconscious state six days after allegedly being gang-raped and left at an isolated place in the Nagaur district had died.
The woman had gone missing on February 4 and her family filed a complaint two days later.
She was allegedly gang-raped and left near a dry pond after being strangulated on the night of February 4. On February 10, she was found in an injured state just 3 km from her village.
According to the police, the accused had strangulated the woman and she fell unconscious. They took her to be dead and dumped her near the pond in Deedwana.
Youth lynched
In September 2021, a minor Dalit youth, Yogesh Jatav was lynched to death in Alwar after his bike hit a woman as he attempted to save himself from a pothole ahead.?
Yogesh, after being beaten with sticks and rods, was rushed to a private hospital and later was sent to Jaipur-based SMS hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after battling for life for three days.
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