Madhya Pradesh: Dalit youth beaten to death, mother stripped & assaulted in Sagar

Bhopal: A 20-year-old Dalit youth was beaten to death and his mother allegedly stripped and assaulted by a group of men in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh.

The incident happened on Thursday late night in Barodia Naungar village in the district.

According to the police, prime accused Vikram Singh (28) and eight of his family members stormed into the house of Nitin Ahirwar on Thursday late night and forced him and his family to withdraw a sexual harassment case his sister lodged against Singh in 2019.

When Ahirwar refused, the accused mercilessly assaulted him with sticks and rods. When his mother came to save her son, the accused men stripped her and thrashed her, the police added.

The critically injured Ahirwar was subsequently rushed to the Bundelkhand Medical College, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Based on the complaint lodged by the victim’s family, the police have booked all nine accused under sections 302 (murder), 353 (sexual harassment) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and under sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

All accused have been arrested. (Inputs from agencies)