Lucknow– In an alarming incident stemming from a cricket match dispute in Lucknow’s Indiranagar area, Uttar Pradesh, a Dalit youth was subjected to a heinous assault by members of another community. Shockingly, it is alleged that the assailants went to the extent of humiliating the youth by urinating on his face. The young man, left unconscious during the altercation, endured this horrifying incident on the afternoon of January 13. In connection with the incident, the victim’s father has filed a case against 25 to 30 unidentified individuals, including one named Fardeen, at the Indiranagar police station.
Residing in Chandan village in the northern part of Indiranagar, the 18-year-old victim works as an AC repairman, living with his family. According to the victim’s father, on January 12, his son was engaged in a cricket match with local youths in the field. Simultaneously, youths from other communities were also participating in matches on the same grounds. Trouble brewed when the ball from the Dalit youth’s team crossed over to the other side, leading to a verbal altercation between the two groups. While the associates of the victim disengaged from the situation, the Dalit youth remained to collect the ball, only to face a violent attack from the opposing side.
The victim, managing to escape the immediate danger, reached home without divulging the incident to anyone. Later in the evening, the accused once again assaulted the Dalit youth near a local shop. This time, he revealed the entire ordeal to his family. Allegedly, Fardeen and approximately 25 to 30 people, creating a ruckus, went to the victim’s colony, and abused him. Local intervention diffused the situation, and the victim’s mother and maternal grandfather went to Fardeen’s house to complaint to his parents.
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