Rajasthan: Dalit man allegedly sexually assaulted, hit with liquor bottle in Sikar district

A 19-year-old Dalit man in Rajasthan’s Sikar district has accused two men of sexually assaulting him, urinating on him and abusing him on the basis of his caste, The Indian Express reported.

The man also alleged that the accused men hit him with a liquor bottle, and threatened to kill him and his family if he were to complain.

The alleged crime took place on April 8 in the Sikar district’s Fatehpur area, and the case was filed on April 16, The Times of India reported. The Dalit man said he delayed filing the complaint as he was scared, and because the accused persons had shot videos of their acts and threatened to make the videos viral.

As per the first information report, at the time of the alleged offence on April 8, the Dalit man’s family was attending a wedding in their village.

“When the DJ came near the wedding home, I too left my house to watch it,” The Indian Express quoted the complaint as saying. “On my way, I was stopped by [the accused], who asked me to accompany them to the [bus] station for some work.”

However, he alleged that the accused men, both of whom were said to have been drunk, took him to an isolated spot outside the village and began hurling casteist abuses...

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