Gujarat: Villagers chop off Dalit man's thumb after nephew picks up ball during cricket match

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• Jun 7, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

The official claimed that the child was subjected to insulting and intimidating casteist comments with the objective of the Dalit community.

Digital
Desk: According to police officials, villagers in
Gujarat's Patan district allegedly attacked a Dalit man and severed his thumb
after his nephew picked up a cricket ball during a game on a school playground
on Sunday.

color:black">The incident happened when the teenager picked up the ball while
watching a cricket game on the school playground in Kakoshi hamlet in the
district. The defendant then became enraged and yelled at the youngster. The
official claimed that the child was subjected to insulting and intimidating
casteist comments with the objective of the Dalit community.

The issue was temporarily
resolved, according to the official, when the boy's uncle Dhiraj Parmar
objected to the remarks.

But later that night, the
complainant, Dhiraj, and his brother Kirti were attacked by a group of seven
guys carrying sharp weapons. According to the news service PTI, one of the
culprits severed Kirti's thumb and gravely injured him.

According to the official,
an FIR was filed under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), section 506
of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), section 326 of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC), and other pertinent laws.

The
accused are being sought after.