Village head’s brother held for ‘disrespectfully’ dragging Ambedkar’s statue

  • | Saturday | 8th December, 2018

But, the manner in which the statue was carried is unacceptable, thus the accused was booked and sent to jail. As the accused is a Dalit, sections of the SC/ST Act were not added to the FIR.” Two more persons are visible in the video, but their role is not clear, so their names were not included in the FIR, said police.Mohammdi circle officer Nishtha Upadhyaya told TOI, “Phoolchand told police that his brother was suffering from mental illness. But, he failed to provide a medical document to support his claim.”Upadhyaya said, “The statue was kept in the accused’s house for the past 10 years, and he pulled it out of his house and dragged it to the panchayat office with the help of his ox for the reasons best known to him. Shahjahanpur: The younger brother of Bijoria village head was arrested and booked by Lakhimpur Kheri police for allegedly dragging a statute of Bhimrao Ambedkar in “disrespectful” manner after tying it to an ox on Friday.After video of the incident went viral, police swung into action and arrested the accused Ram Lakhan, brother of village head Phoolchand, a Dalit, on Saturday afternoon and sent him to jail.A case was registered at Hyderabad police station under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 153A (promoting enmity between different group or religion on ground of religion, race etc) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).According to police, the video clearly shows Ram Lakhan dragging the statue in “disrespectful” manner by tying it to an ox.

Shahjahanpur: The younger brother of Bijoria village head was arrested and booked by Lakhimpur Kheri police for allegedly dragging a statute of Bhimrao Ambedkar in “disrespectful” manner after tying it to an ox on Friday.After video of the incident went viral, police swung into action and arrested the accused Ram Lakhan, brother of village head Phoolchand, a Dalit, on Saturday afternoon and sent him to jail.A case was registered at Hyderabad police station under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 153A (promoting enmity between different group or religion on ground of religion, race etc) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).According to police, the video clearly shows Ram Lakhan dragging the statue in “disrespectful” manner by tying it to an ox. Two more persons are visible in the video, but their role is not clear, so their names were not included in the FIR, said police.Mohammdi circle officer Nishtha Upadhyaya told TOI, “Phoolchand told police that his brother was suffering from mental illness. But, he failed to provide a medical document to support his claim.”Upadhyaya said, “The statue was kept in the accused’s house for the past 10 years, and he pulled it out of his house and dragged it to the panchayat office with the help of his ox for the reasons best known to him. But, the manner in which the statue was carried is unacceptable, thus the accused was booked and sent to jail. As the accused is a Dalit, sections of the SC/ST Act were not added to the FIR.”

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