April 01, 2026 04:18 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Bengal SIR progress: 47 lakh of 60 lakh adjudicated cases disposed of, Supreme Court informed | Amit Shah to join Suvendu Adhikari on Bhabanipur nomination day; BJP plans mega roadshow | Fuel prices rise: Premium petrol, diesel hiked amid oil price surge | Commercial LPG up Rs 195.50 as global oil prices rise; domestic rates unchanged | Layoff alert: Oracle cuts 30,000 jobs globally, 12,000 hit in India | ‘Unsubstantial allegations’: Calcutta HC dismisses plea on ECI’s officer transfers in Bengal | Tennis icon Leander Paes joins BJP ahead of Bengal polls | 8 killed, several injured in crowd crush at Bihar temple in Nalanda | Trump signals exit from Iran war even as Strait of Hormuz remains shut: Report | Mystery death in Pakistan: JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother found dead

Bihar: Two dalit youths thrashed, urinated upon in Muzaffarpur

| | Jul 23, 2016, at 04:25 pm
Muzaffarpur, July 23 (IBNS): After atrocities against the backward caste was reported in Gujarat's Una a week ago, resulting in a furore in the Parliament and outside, two Dalit youths were beaten and urinated upon by upper caste leaders in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, reports said.

The alleged crime took place on July 20.

According to the FIR lodged by the victim's mother, her son Rajiv Kumar Paswan and his friend Munna Paswan were visiting a local fair where they were caught by some influential people, who thrashed them before locking them up in a room. They were charged with the stealing of a motorcycle.

The FIR contains 11 names, including Mukesh Thakur's, husband of Uttari Paru panchayat head. Thakur reportedly initiated the attack and even ordered his nephew to urinate into the mouths of the victims.

Investigation is underway and an arrest is yet to be made.
 

 

Image: Google Maps

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.