Dec 24, 2024 10:42 PM IST
4 youngsters named within the FIR lodged by the boy’s maternal uncle arrested; station officer suspended, inquiry towards others for “lapses in handling the case”
GORAKHPUR A 17-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide after going through brutal violence and humiliation by a gaggle of youngsters of the identical caste throughout a birthday bash in UP’s Basti district. The sufferer, a Class 10 pupil, was invited to the social gathering within the Kaptanganj space on December 20, the place he was purportedly stripped, urinated on, and filmed by the perpetrators. Regardless of his pleas to delete the video, the accused refused, mentioned police on Tuesday.
The dispute stemmed from a previous incident of eve teasing and all of the accused and the deceased had been of the identical caste, mentioned police. (Pic for illustration)
The sufferer hailed from Sant Kabir Nagar district and was staying at his uncle’s home in Basti.
The boy’s mom alleged that the accused refused to delete the video and likewise allegedly compelled him to lick their spit.
4 youngsters named within the FIR lodged by the boy’s maternal uncle had been arrested, mentioned CO (Sadar) SB Tiwari. He mentioned the dispute stemmed from a previous incident of eve-teasing and all of the accused and the deceased had been of the identical caste.
SP (Basti) GK Choudhary suspended the Kaptanganj station officer, DK Dubey, with rapid impact and initiated an inquiry towards different workers members. Dubey had allegedly not acted towards the accused regardless of the boy’s household lodging a criticism. The SP mentioned preliminary inquiries revealed lapses in dealing with the case.
Day after the incident, the boy had narrated the ordeal to his mom. When his household approached the Kaptanganj police station to file a criticism on Sunday, they had been ignored. Even on Monday, the police didn’t take motion. On Monday, unable to bear the trauma, the sufferer hanged himself round 1pm.
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