By Maktoob
A 14-year-old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district was allegedly grabbed by her hair, paraded through the village, subjected to casteist abuse, tied to a tree and brutally beaten by a shopkeeper over accusations of theft, with the accused arrested after a video of the assault went viral.
According to the police, on June 01, Harish Gupta, a shopkeeper in Mishrauli village under Tarkulwa police station limits, was arrested after a video of him went viral.
In the video, he was tying a Dalit girl to a tree and beating her after suspecting her of theft from his store.
Family members of the girl and villagers alleged that Gupta humiliated the girl by dragging her by her hair through the entire village before tying her to the neem tree outside his house, and also beating her while tied to the tree.
A video of the incident was recorded and posted by a bystander, which later went viral on social media, creating outrage.
Police said they received information about the incident through the emergency helpline 112 on May 31 and immediately reached the location and rescued the girl.
Police have registered a case against Harikesh Gupta under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and arrested him.
Speaking on this issue, Circle Officer Sunil Kumar Reddy said police acted after receiving information about the incident.
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