UP Shocker: 65-yr-old Dalit man allegedly beaten & forced to drink urine in Village Roda

Lalitpur: A 65-yr-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten & forced to drink urine in Village Roda by a person against whom victim’s family had filed a police complaint a week ago.

According to news agency ANI, the accused was forcing the old man and his son to compromise and take back the police complaint lodged earlier by them.

“A person called Sonu Yadav was forcing me to drink his urine, filled in a cup. When I refused, he attacked me with a stick,” the man named Amar was quoted as saying. ‘He had attacked my son with an axe, few days ago and we had complained against him to police. So he was forcing us to compromise,’ he added.

A person called Sonu Yadav was forcing me to drink his urine, filled in a cup. When I refused, he attacked me with a stick. He had attacked my son with an axe, few days ago & we had complained against him to police. So he was forcing us to compromise: Amar, Roda village resident https://t.co/WXP49NC0Pa pic.twitter.com/RLSwXFypbF

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 13, 2020

This comes when the entire nation is outraged over the death of the 19-year-old Dalit girl, who was gang-raped allegedly by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district