Haryana: 32-year-old Dalit worker hung in well, thrashed over motor theft suspicion

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A 32-year-old antheral from a Scheduled Caste assemblage was allegedly beaten up and hung upside down successful a good by a radical of precocious caste men successful Haryana’s Hansi territory connected suspicion of stealing a centrifugal pump from an cultivation field, constabulary said connected Friday.

The victim, Baru, a nonmigratory of Sorkhi village, works arsenic a alloy gross and doorway fabricator. In his connection to police, helium said the battle took spot connected June 1 astir 12.30 p.m. portion helium was travelling from Sorkhi to Bhatol village.

Hansi Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar said an probe was nether mode portion efforts were connected to place the accused and cheque the veracity of the viral video of the incident.

According to the FIR, Mr. Baru had stopped adjacent the fields of 1 Surendra aft suffering tummy symptom and escaped motion. After going into the farmland, helium was confronted by Deepak, Pawan, Joga, a veterinarian; Pawan Mandasa, Surendra on with a fewer different unidentified men who were each residents of Sorkhi.

‘Forced him to confess’

The radical allegedly accused him of stealing a centrifugal pump, past bushed him with sticks, and besides resorted to kicks and punches. Mr. Baru alleged that Surendra recorded a video connected his mobile telephone arsenic the men tied him with a rope, hung him upside down successful a well, and tried to unit a confession. He said they threatened to termination him if helium reported the incident. Fearing for his life, Mr. Baru did not disclose the battle initially.

On June 4, helium approached the Civil Hospital successful Hansi owed to terrible symptom and was admitted by the doctors. He gave his connection to constabulary connected June 5. Based connected his complaint, a lawsuit has been registered astatine Bas constabulary presumption connected charges of effort to murder, wrongful restraint, transgression intimidation and offences nether the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Published - June 05, 2026 04:55 p.m. IST

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