Pramesh Jain
A 16-year- old boy belonging to a lower caste and his parents were allegedly beaten by villagers after he visited a shop to buy milk at Hosakote on Friday evening .
Senior officer told reporters,the accused Narayanaswamy and others who were at the shop held Pawan by his collar,pushed him onto the ground.
In his statement the boy said they asked him how he could dare come to the shop given his caste said the police.
Humiliated,Pawan returned home crying and narrated the incident to his father Rajappa,a farmer, and his mother Sujatha.
When the parents went to enquire,the accused attacked them with clubs and slashed Sujatha’s hand with a chopper when she tried to resist.The couple went to the hospital to treat their injuries before approaching the police.
Acting on the complaint The Hosakote police have charged 13 people under the SC/ST Act and also for unlawful assembly,assault and criminal intimidation.We have arrested two people,but the other accused are on the run.Efforts are on to track them down,” a senior officer said .
