In a shocking incident from Karnataka, a hostel student in Kalaburagi district was made to hold Dr BR Ambedkar’s portrait and paraded half-naked for allegedly refusing to attend the ‘Ambedkar Puja’ held in the hostel. The incident took place on Thursday.
According to reports, the victim had refused to attend the ‘Ambedkar Puja’ held every Sunday in the hostel due to some work. Following his refusal, the hostelites abused and assaulted the victim. Later, he was stripped half-naked and paraded in the streets of Kalaburgi while holding a portrait of Ambedkar.
A case has been registered in Ashok Nagar police station regarding the incident and an investigation is underway.
The incident comes shortly after Kalaburagi was hit by protests over the news of the defilement of Ambedkar’s statue on Tuesday.
Miscreants had defiled the statue of Ambedkar with a garland of footwear at Lumbini Gardens in Kotnoor (D) village on the outskirts of the city late on Monday.
Upon discovering the marred statue the following morning, hundreds of people, led by different factions of Dalit organisations took to the streets condemning the action.
Agitators hurled stones at a petrol bunk owned by BJP city unit president Chandrakanth Patil and gheraoed the vehicle of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Kanika Sikriwal at two places demanding the immediate arrest of the miscreants.
Sikriwal arrived at the site of the incident in Kotnoor (D) village and paid floral tribute to Dr Ambedkar in an attempt to bring the situation under control.
A case was registered at the University Police Station in connection with the incident. DCP Sikriwal later noted that two suspects were taken into custody for interrogation and additionally three teams were formed to arrest the remaining culprits.
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