Dalit teenager thrashed, tonsured and paraded in UP village

A brick kiln owner and his two employees allegedly thrashed a Dalit teenager, tonsured his head and paraded him with a garland of slippers in Dabauli village of UP.

A brick kiln owner and his two employees allegedly thrashed a Dalit teenager, tonsured his head and paraded him with a garland of slippers in Dabauli village.

The incident took place on Monday following which the victim’s father lodged a complaint saying that that the accused have ancestral land adjacent to a brick kiln, which its owner allegedly wanted to grab.

Circle Officer Safipur said a named FIR had been lodged against the brick kiln owner Virender Kumar Mishra and two of his employees.