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Four booked for assaulting ST minor, classmates at Kundadka Falls
The Story in Brief
The Story in Brief
Kadaba police have booked four men, Rohith, Deviprasad, Chandan and Umesh, for allegedly abusing, assaulting and threatening a minor boy from the Scheduled Tribe community and two of his classmates at Kundadka Falls in Kadaba last week. The complaint, filed on August 11 by the 12-year-old victim, states the incident occurred on August 3 when he and four classmates went to the falls to play.
According to Deccan Chronicle, the accused also included the father of a girl student who was present with the group. They allegedly used derogatory language and assaulted the boys. Police invoked Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act 2015. The case was registered under Crime No. 97/2026.
The Indian Opinion
This case will test whether the police handle caste crimes with the seriousness they demand. Some may cry 'false implication' if the accused are known to the family; others will see every inter-caste conflict as atrocity. Neither reflex serves justice. The only fact that matters is whether the SC/ST Act provisions were applied after proper verification, not as political theatre. Watch for the chargesheet: did the investigating officer find corroboration for the caste slurs? That document will tell us if this is a genuine atrocity or a case of overreach.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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