New Delhi: A Dalit youth was allegedly beaten to death in the Lakhimpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday over suspicion of being involved in a case of theft in the area recently.
According to reports, the 22-year-old Dalit youth, who belonged to a very poor family, was mercilessly thrashed by a mob and beaten till his death.
He was also paraded naked on the streets by the irate mob, which also pressed the victim to disclose his caste identity.
A case has been registered under the provisions of SC/ST Act and the matter is being probed by the local police.
No arrest has been made in this regard as yet.
In a similar incident, a Dalit man and his daughter were attacked by a temple priest in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district.
The shameful incident happened after the 13-year-old girl was stopped from drinking water from a handpump in the temple premises by the priest as she was a Dalit.
The fresh attack on the Dalit youth comes a day after PM Narendra Modi appealed people not to target the members of the backward community and directed state governments to take stern action against the so called cow vigilantes.