Upper-class men thrashes & forces Dalit man to lick his spit

Yet another instance of upper classmen’s superiority has been imposed on a Dalit man has come to light.

A Dalit man was allegedly forced to lick his own spit in public because his son married a girl from a different faith.

The incident took place in Habibpur village in Bulandshahr district, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a week ago.

Krishna, 44, was summoned by the village panchayat and assaulted after his son married the girl from another community. 

Krishna’ son- a 21-year-old man had run off with an 18-year-old girl on the 6^th of June, following which her family approached the police.

The couple was located in Delhi and was brought back home, where the girl said that she wished to live Krishna’s son. The couple was married the same day.

Under the pretense of settling the matter, Krishna was summoned before the panchayat by the girl’s family. “There were about 100 people, mostly locals from the upper caste and the family members of the girl,” Krishna said.

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Krishna alleged when he sat on a chair, a local leader pulled him by his ear and asked him to sit on the ground. “I was told to lick my own spit,” Krishna said. “When I didn’t do it for a few seconds, they thrashed me. I finally did it.” The women in his family were threatened with rape by the panchayat members.

Krishna said that he & his family were living in fear and that his son & daughter-in-law are in hiding.

The matter was taken to the police, but no action was taken until the story was published by a local TV channel. 

Senior Superintendent of Police Bulandshahr Krishna Bahadur Singh told that an FIR has been registered under sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Thursday. 

Five persons identified as Bhura Khan, the girl’s father, Narayan Solanki, Khillu, Kuldeep, and Vishnu are accused in the case,” Singh said. “Bhura Khan and Khillu have been arrested. Further investigation is underway.”