Leaders of Kula Vyatireka Porata Samithi (KVPS) connected Sunday alleged that 11 radical belonging to Scheduled Castes, Backward Castes and number communities engaged successful works related to rooster fights during Sankranti festivities were denied wages, accused of theft, stripped half-naked, subjected to amerciable detainment and assaulted successful nationalist presumption astatine Uppuluru colony successful Krishna district. They demanded that cases beryllium registered against the organisers of the rooster fights and called for their contiguous arrest.
The KVPS State wide caput A. Malyadri allaged that the mendacious accusation of theft against the labourers was a portion of the organisers’ ploy to contradict them wages.
He said rooster fights were organised connected a ample standard astatine the colony arsenic portion of the Sankrati celebrations. The organiser of “Patta aata" (side gambling), Pamarthi Gopichand of Ayyanki colony successful Movva mandal, engaged the 11 persons who were from Thotlavalluru.
Mr. Malyadri alleged that pursuing differences successful fiscal transactions astatine the venue, the organisers conspired to evade outgo of wages by falsely accusing the labourers of theft. “They stripped them half-naked, tied their hands with ropes, illegally detained them, abused and assaulted them,” helium alleged, adding that it was a barbaric and inhuman enactment committed successful nationalist view. T
Mr. Malyadri said that a KVPS squad visited the colony and spoke to the victims and their household members to ascertain the facts. He demanded that cases beryllium registered against the perpetrators nether the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He said officials of the departments acrophobic should sojourn the colony and talk to the victims to guarantee them justness too providing capable protection.
The KVPS wide caput alleged though the victims were abused, stripped, beaten up and kicked connected their backstage parts, the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the constabulary had lone bailable sections. He said the perpetrators recorded videos of the incidental and circulated them widely.
He said the tribunal should instrumentality suo motu cognisance and registry due cases, arsenic this was a sedate usurpation of quality rights. He besides urged the SC Commission, the Human Rights Commission and Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha to personally sojourn the victims and guarantee their protection.

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