Cops detain 6 for assaulting 2 dalits over cattle smuggling suspicion
Berhampur: Police on Monday detained six persons for allegedly assaulting and partially tonsuring the heads of two dalit persons, suspecting them to be cattle smugglers near Jahada under Ganjam district's Dharakote police limits on Sunday.
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The victims were identified as Babula Nayak (45) and Bulu Nayak (35) of Singipur. The victims were travelling in an auto-rickhshaw with two cows and a calf from Haripur to Singipur when a group of youths detained them at Khariguma village, accusing them of being cow smugglers. They demanded Rs 30,000 from them. When the victims did not pay, the accused assaulted them and partially shaved their heads.
The accused also forced them to crawl on their knees for over one km from Kharigumma to Jahada and allegedly made them eat grass and drink drain water.
The video of them crawling on their knees on the road went viral on social media. After escaping from their clutches, the victims lodged an FIR against the accused at Dharakote police station on Sunday evening.
"A search is on to nab other persons involved in the case. The victims underwent treatment at the community health centre at Dharakote," said SP (Ganjam) Suvendu Kumar Patra. The accused persons, however, did not attack the vehicle driver, sources said.
Citing preliminary investigation, police said the main intention of the accused was likely extortion in the name of cow smuggling. Police said they would also investigate the exact purpose of the transportation of cattle by the victims, even though they procured the animals for their personal use.
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