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Attack on Dalit man: Five arrested

10:31 AM Jun 13, 2019 | Team Udayavani |

Chamrajnagar: Five persons were arrested on Wednesday, June 12 by the local police in connection with attack on a Dalit man earlier this month.

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The arrested have been identified as Basavaraju, Manikya, Sathish, Channakeshwa Murthy and Puttaswami.

All the five accused have been sent to judicial custody by local magistrate, informed sources.

A video of a Dalit man being thrashed paraded naked and tied to a pole allegedly by upper caste villagers for entering a temple in Gundlupet near Veeranapura Gate on Mysuru-Ooty Road had gone viral on the social media platform.

As per the sources, the incident occurred on June 3 and the victim, aged around 35, is under trauma and is currently undergoing treatment at St Mary’s Psychiatric, De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centre in Mysuru.

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