MP shocker: Dalits families thrashed by upper caste men for celebrating Diwali

In a shocking incident, several Dalit families in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district were allegedly thrashed inside their homes by a group of upper caste men over bursting of firecrackera on ocassion of Diwali.

According to a report by a news agency, the incident took place in Kesli village of Sagar district on Monday.

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The incident came to light after a group of Dalit men and women appeared before the Superintendent of Police (SP), and filed a formal complaint.

According to the victims, children belonging to Dalit communities were bursting firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, which did not go down well with the upper caste Rajput family in the village.

“They barged into our homes and beat us up. They even misbehaved with the women and hurled abuses and threatened us with dire consequences,” the complainant said.

Meanwhile, a purported video is going viral on social media. In the video, a Dalit woman from Kesli is seen raising concerns regarding women safety, alleging torture of women and children by upper caste men in the village.

“Where the women from Dalit families in Kesli village should hide to protect themselves?” she asks MP CM Mohan Yadav in the video.

“They (Rajputs) are entering our homes and molesting us and violating our honour. Chief Minister Sir, please tell us where we should hide to protect ourselves because Ladli Behnas are not safe here,” she is heard saying in the video.

Following the complaint by the Dalit community, Sagar SP office has ordered an investigation into the incident.

The incident comes amid rising atrocities against Dalits in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier this week, a Dalit man was kidnapped, thrashed and allegedly forced to drink urine in Gwalior. The Dalit man was allegedly beaten black and blue by the higher caste men for refusing to work as a driver.

Following public outrage, an FIR was registered in this regard and the three accused were arrested by the police.