The Bihar Police Thursday registered a case against unknown persons for allegedly making a Dalit youth lick spit for having an inter-faith love affair in Samastipur district. An FIR was lodged on the basis of a viral video, the police said.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Samastipur superintendent of police (SP) Hriday Kant said, “We have lodged a case under IPC Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (provoking breach of faith) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against unknown persons. Prima facie, it appears to be a fallout of an inter-faith love affair.”
The SP added the case has been filed at the Vibhutipur police station entirely on the basis of a video clip and on the statement of a village chowkidar. “Neither the purported victim nor anyone else from the family approached the police,” Kant said.
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