13 booked for caste-based assault in Yadgir

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A case has been registered by the Wadagera police against 13 individuals for allegedly assaulting a group of five people and hurling casteist slurs at them over a minor dispute at the Gursunagi village in Wadagera taluk of Yadgir district.

​The incident took place on Sunday when the complainant, Tayappa, an auto-rickshaw driver, arrived in Gursunagi village to pick up four passengers — Renuka, Siddappa, Siddalinga, and Chandamma. The four had visited the village to attend the Siddalingeshwar temple fair and were preparing to return to their native village, Chamanal.

According to the complaint, the altercation began over a petty issue when a group of local men alleged that Tayappa’s moving auto-rickshaw had brushed past one of them.

Following this, a group of 13 men attacked the driver and the passengers with lathis. The complainant also stated that the attackers verbally abused them with explicit casteist remarks during the assault.

​All five victims sustained injuries in the attack and were subsequently shifted to the Yadgir District Hospital for medical treatment.

​Following the complaint, the Wadagera police booked 13 individuals — Manjunath, Siddappa, Ravi, Sabanna, Nagaraj, Mallu, Raju, Ramesh, Parashuram, Chandru, Maruthi, Devaraj, and Santosh.

​The accused have been charged under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 115(2), 118(1), 352, and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, alongside Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)(w), and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

​Confirming the development, Yadgir Superintendent of Police Pruthvik Shankar stated that a case has been registered. The police have already arrested two of the accused, while an active search operation is under way to trace and apprehend the remaining 11 individuals.

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