4 Dalit men hung upside down from tree, beaten up in Maharashtra over suspicion of theft

On August 25, 2023, a group of six persons from Haregaon village of Shrirampur taluka in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district allegedly took four Dalit men from their homes. They were hung upside down from a tree and beaten up over suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons

Four Dalit men were allegedly hanged upside down from a tree and beaten up with sticks by six persons on suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons at a village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, police said on August 27.

A video of the incident that took place in Haregaon village of Shrirampur taluka surfaced on social media, following which the police on August 26 arrested one person in connection with the attack, while five others are absconding, an officer said.

On August 25, a group of six persons from the village allegedly took four Dalit men, all in their 20s, from their homes, he said.

The victims were hung upside down from a tree and beaten up with sticks over suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons, he said.

The accused have been identified as Yuvraj Galande, Manoj Bodake, Pappu Parkhe, Deepak Gaikwad, Durgesh Vaidya and Raju Borage, the official said.

One of the accused allegedly shot the video of the attack, he said.

The injured men were later taken to a nearby hospital, the official said, adding that one of the victims Shubham Magade lodged a complaint with the police.