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In a fit of rage, four to five men use casteist slurs and physically assault the man for accidentally tipping over a glass of alcohol

Sabrangindia 24 Mar 2022

attack on dalits

In a horrifying incident, goons in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur allegedly carved a trishul on the face of a man and verbally abused him with the slur “ch**ar”, only because he accidentally broke a glass of alcohol on Holi.

On March 18, 2022, Kanshiram colony resident Aadesh received a call from one Vishal Rana, requesting him to clean glasses at his house where some people were having drinks. While cleaning the utensils, Aadesh accidentally kicked a filled glass of alcohol which sparked the entire ordeal.

In a video shared by journalist Piyush Rai the survivor said, “A boy called Tinku punched my eye. When I protested, 3-4 people grabbed me. Some choked me, called me “ch**ar” and said they will teach me a lesson I will never forget.”

Aadesh went on to describe how he resisted the acid attack but failed. He claimed the assaulters even threatened to pour the chemical in his eyes. Describing the accused as thugs, Aadesh said he fears attack from the people, especially since people regularly threaten his family. Regarding the thugs, he said that he knew the two aforementioned people to be living in Meerut but could not name the others.

The incident sparked considerable ire from the community and the Opposition party Samajwadi Party (SP).

 

 

While Aadesh said the police refused to register his complaint, the district police looked into the matter following media attention. On March 24, SSP Akash Tomar spoke to local media and stated that violence was a result of a disagreement between friends.

Tomar said Aadesh was drinking with his friends, to whom he owed ₹10,000. The police said that the accusations were an attempt to avoid this debt. As for the visible scars on Aadesh’s disfigured face, the official said it was a reaction to Holi colours and not acid.

“We did a medical (test) of all three persons and found no presence of acid in any of them,” said Tomar in the video.

 

 

Although Holi colours are known to cause skin infections and hives due to chemicals, there’s no evidence of the synthetic colours lightly bleaching the skin as can be seen in the video zooming in on Aadesh’s face.

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UP: Goons carve trishul on a man’s face!

In a fit of rage, four to five men use casteist slurs and physically assault the man for accidentally tipping over a glass of alcohol

attack on dalits

In a horrifying incident, goons in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur allegedly carved a trishul on the face of a man and verbally abused him with the slur “ch**ar”, only because he accidentally broke a glass of alcohol on Holi.

On March 18, 2022, Kanshiram colony resident Aadesh received a call from one Vishal Rana, requesting him to clean glasses at his house where some people were having drinks. While cleaning the utensils, Aadesh accidentally kicked a filled glass of alcohol which sparked the entire ordeal.

In a video shared by journalist Piyush Rai the survivor said, “A boy called Tinku punched my eye. When I protested, 3-4 people grabbed me. Some choked me, called me “ch**ar” and said they will teach me a lesson I will never forget.”

Aadesh went on to describe how he resisted the acid attack but failed. He claimed the assaulters even threatened to pour the chemical in his eyes. Describing the accused as thugs, Aadesh said he fears attack from the people, especially since people regularly threaten his family. Regarding the thugs, he said that he knew the two aforementioned people to be living in Meerut but could not name the others.

The incident sparked considerable ire from the community and the Opposition party Samajwadi Party (SP).

 

 

While Aadesh said the police refused to register his complaint, the district police looked into the matter following media attention. On March 24, SSP Akash Tomar spoke to local media and stated that violence was a result of a disagreement between friends.

Tomar said Aadesh was drinking with his friends, to whom he owed ₹10,000. The police said that the accusations were an attempt to avoid this debt. As for the visible scars on Aadesh’s disfigured face, the official said it was a reaction to Holi colours and not acid.

“We did a medical (test) of all three persons and found no presence of acid in any of them,” said Tomar in the video.

 

 

Although Holi colours are known to cause skin infections and hives due to chemicals, there’s no evidence of the synthetic colours lightly bleaching the skin as can be seen in the video zooming in on Aadesh’s face.

Related:

Hate Watch: Dalit, Covid health worker, killed for sporting moustache in Rajasthan

Centre excludes overseas humanities and social science courses from SC/ST scholarship

How a state suffocated by Saffron got a new breath from Blue

Hate Watch: Dalit man thrashed, dragged like an animal by so called "upper caste" goons

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