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Unnao: Father, son held for shaving, parading OBC man over theft suspicion
Unnao: Father, son held for shaving, parading OBC man over theft suspicion
Police in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, arrested a father-son duo on August 9 for publicly humiliating Sonu (30), an OBC man, by shaving his head and parading him through Wahad Gram Pathakpur village.…
The Story in Brief
Police in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, arrested a father-son duo on August 9 for publicly humiliating Sonu (30), an OBC man, by shaving his head and parading him through Wahad Gram Pathakpur village. The incident stemmed from suspicion that Sonu had stolen two mobile phones from the accused Raju's house on July 30. According to Siasat.com, Raju and his son Raj, from an upper-caste community, dragged Sonu back from Lucknow on August 1, shaved him with a hired barber, and paraded him with his hands and legs tied.
A video of the humiliation went viral, leading to the arrests under sections including voluntarily causing hurt, defamation, and criminal intimidation. Police sub-inspector Pradeep Kumar Singh said the accused later admitted they found one phone in an old general store. The barber who shaved Sonu is absconding, and a separate probe into the phone theft continues.
The Indian Opinion
This case is another grim reminder that caste prejudices survive despite legal bans. The accused allegedly shaved and paraded an OBC man for a suspected phone theft, and even after finding the phone elsewhere, they did not stop. The police acted only after a video went viral, not when the victim's family complained. The real test is how fast the barber is arrested and whether the upper-caste accused face the full weight of the law, or receive bail soon.
Source: siasat.com
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