Karnataka police arrested a person for assaulting a Dalit girl, whose cow allegedly strayed inside his land in Rampura village in Kanakagiri taluk of Koppal district not too long ago, officers mentioned on Thursday.
Police mentioned the lady was recognized as Shobamma Harijan, and the incident occurred in Rampur village of Koppal district on February 3. The incident got here to mild after a video of the assault was extensively shared on social media on Wednesday, they added.
In keeping with the police, Shobamma approached Amresh Kumbar’s property to retrieve her cow, which had strayed. As she went to rescue her cow, Kumbar, who was infuriated, tied the lady in entrance of his home and assaulted her, the police mentioned.
He additionally beat her up with chappals and made casteist slurs, the police mentioned, including that after the incident, the lady’s kin went to Amaresh’s home and talked to him. The members of the family of the Dalit girl have alleged this can be a widespread follow adopted by the accused for a few years within the village, the police mentioned.
After the incident went viral on social media platforms, the Kanakagiri police registered towards Kumbar below the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
“When the lady went to Amaresh’s home to rescue her cow, the accused hit him together with his shoe. He abused her with unstated phrases and in addition insulted her group. The video of this incident has gone viral,” a Kanakagiri police officer mentioned.
“Amaresh attacking Shobham has additionally gone viral. Police have registered a case at Kanakagiri police station. Now we have registered a case below the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,” the officer added.
In the meantime, Amaresh has been despatched to judicial custody, and the district officers visited the sufferer’s home and consoled her, police mentioned.
Karnataka has been reporting over 1,000 instances of Dalit atrocities yearly. In keeping with Nationwide Crime Information Bureau (NCRB), knowledge, 1,325 instances of atrocities towards SC/STs have been registered in 2018. In 2019 and 2020, these numbers stood at 1,504 and 1,398.
In September 2021, a Dalit household from Miyapur village in Koppal district was fined ₹25,000 after its two-year-old little one entered a temple within the village.
The 2-year-old little one from the Chennadasa group, a Scheduled Castes group, had entered the village temple on September 4, 2021, when he was taken there by his father to supply puja from exterior on the event of his birthday, police mentioned.
Though he had by accident entered the temple when it began raining, the higher caste folks needed the cash to ‘purify’ the temple. Nonetheless, the household was compelled to go away the village, forsaking their home and agricultural land, after the humiliation and concern of assault, police added.
In one other incident in June 2021, two Dalit males tried suicide after they have been denied a haircut by so-called upper-caste males within the Koppal district. Humiliated and assaulted for asking for a haircut, the 2 Dalit siblings had consumed pesticides, activists mentioned.