Chandrapur: Seven members of two Dalit families were brutally thrashed by a mob in Wani (Khurd) village by tying them to wooden poles. MaharashtraFor allegedly doing black magic in Chandrapur district on Saturday. The fighting continued for hours until the police came to the rescue.
Of the seven Dalits, five – Eknath Hukey, 75, Shivraj Kamble, 70, Prayagbai Hukey, 65, Shantabai Kamble, 65, Panchfula Hukey, 55, Sahebrao Hukey, 45, and Dhammshila Hukey, 38 – were seriously injured and were injured. Has been admitted to the hospital. Chandrapur GMCH
The police did not take any action till Sunday evening and started action only after midnight. As soon as the news spread in the neighboring areas, there was silence in the village after the deployment of heavy police force.
The bitterness against the Kamble and the Hook families had been brewing for a long time. The matter got worse when on Friday, four women, allegedly possessed by spirits, blamed both the families.
“The villagers held a meeting on Friday night and planned against us. A group marched to our house on Saturday morning, asking us to reach the main square of the village, as we were named after spirit-obsessed people for practicing magic. We agreed to leave as we were innocent,” said Prayagbai Hooke, the victim.
She said four women allegedly possessed by spirits were making a scene in the square, grumbling and talking nonsense. They hit some of the victims with sticks and threw mud at them.
Watch shocking! Dalit men, women tied with sticks and beaten up for doing ‘black magic’ in Maharashtra
Of the seven Dalits, five – Eknath Hukey, 75, Shivraj Kamble, 70, Prayagbai Hukey, 65, Shantabai Kamble, 65, Panchfula Hukey, 55, Sahebrao Hukey, 45, and Dhammshila Hukey, 38 – were seriously injured and were injured. Has been admitted to the hospital. Chandrapur GMCH
The police did not take any action till Sunday evening and started action only after midnight. As soon as the news spread in the neighboring areas, there was silence in the village after the deployment of heavy police force.
The bitterness against the Kamble and the Hook families had been brewing for a long time. The matter got worse when on Friday, four women, allegedly possessed by spirits, blamed both the families.
“The villagers held a meeting on Friday night and planned against us. A group marched to our house on Saturday morning, asking us to reach the main square of the village, as we were named after spirit-obsessed people for practicing magic. We agreed to leave as we were innocent,” said Prayagbai Hooke, the victim.
She said four women allegedly possessed by spirits were making a scene in the square, grumbling and talking nonsense. They hit some of the victims with sticks and threw mud at them.
Watch shocking! Dalit men, women tied with sticks and beaten up for doing ‘black magic’ in Maharashtra
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