MUMBAI: Four Dalit men were allegedly hanged upside down from a tree and thrashed by six people over suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons at a village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Haregaon village of Shrirampur taluka.
The police apprehended one person in connection with the assault on Saturday after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
Five others involved in the attack are absconding, an officer from Ahmednagar police said.
On August 25, the accused group took four young Dalit men from their residences, hung them upside down from a tree, and assaulted them with sticks on suspicion of theft involving a goat and pigeons, he said.
The accused have been identified as Yuvraj Galande, Manoj Bodake, Pappu Parkhe, Deepak Gaikwad, Durgesh Vaidya and Raju Borage, the official said.
One of the accused allegedly shot a video of the attack, which later surfaced on social media, he said.
The injured men were later taken to a nearby hospital, the official said, adding that one of the victims Shubham Magade lodged a complaint with the police.
A case under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 364 (kidnapping) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
The incident took place in Haregaon village of Shrirampur taluka.
The police apprehended one person in connection with the assault on Saturday after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
Five others involved in the attack are absconding, an officer from Ahmednagar police said.
On August 25, the accused group took four young Dalit men from their residences, hung them upside down from a tree, and assaulted them with sticks on suspicion of theft involving a goat and pigeons, he said.
The accused have been identified as Yuvraj Galande, Manoj Bodake, Pappu Parkhe, Deepak Gaikwad, Durgesh Vaidya and Raju Borage, the official said.
One of the accused allegedly shot a video of the attack, which later surfaced on social media, he said.
The injured men were later taken to a nearby hospital, the official said, adding that one of the victims Shubham Magade lodged a complaint with the police.
A case under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 364 (kidnapping) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)