Summary:
VADODARA: An 18-year-old Dalit youth was allegedly thrashed by six persons from ‘Darbar’ community at Poicha village in Savli taluka on Rakshabandhan for having a picture of moustaches and a sticker of ‘Banna’ on his bike. The accused then left from there and Mukesh went to Bhadarva police station on the same day to lodge his complaint. He alleged that the accused also abused his son on the basis of their caste. Cops said that even when Mukesh and his younger brother Sanjay intervened, the accused continued beating the teenager and dragged him towards his house.Meanwhile, Sanjay called the control room of Vadodara rural police and the cops reached there. In his complaint, Mukesh, who is a worker at an engineering company in Manjusar GIDC, told the police that on hearing commotion he rushed to the temple.Mukesh also told the police that besides thrashing Ronak, the accused were asking him was he a Darbar and how dare he wrote Banna on his bike..