The shocking turn of events began when Akiya Ram, a resident of Bahaker village, 45 km from Narayanpur district headquarters, brought his ailing 9-month-old to a local health center on January 6.
Controversy has erupted in Madhya Pradesh over the identity of the tribal victim who was urinated on by a man.
Two tribal siblings, including a minor, were allegedly abducted and beaten up in Indore, police said on Saturday.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday met Dashmat Rawat, the tribal labourer on whom a man had urinated, and apologised and washed his feet at his official residence here.
The incident happened when the leopard pounced on him and bit his hand when he was going to the farmland for work at around 7 am.
The victim was stopping vehicles passing through the village, enquiring for his wife, when a bike hit him. A dispute erupted and the bike driver brought some of his relatives to the spot who first beat up Kanhaiyalal, tied him to a pickup van and dragged him for a distance. The act was carried out by Chhitar Mal Gurjar and associates.
The officer said Sardar used to perform some pujas or rituals, due to which the villagers thought he was involved in dark practices.
Ten people have been taken into custody in the shocking case of the alleged beating of a tribal man in…
