DALIT MAN IN GUJARAT ATTACKED BY 11 PEOPLE OVER MUSTACHE

Wed 26 May 2021:

A Dalit man was allegedly attacked by 11 people for sporting a long moustache in Viramgam taluka, Ahmedabad. Three people have been arrested so far in the incident, police said on Monday.

In his complaint, Suresh Vaghela (22), who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, said that 11 members of an Other Backward Classes (OBC) group attacked him for sporting a mustache, said deputy superintendent of police D.S. Vyas.

“Vaghela is undergoing treatment in a hospital. We have arrested three people so far,” he added.

Vaghela’s FIR stated that the group, led by one Dhama Thakor, gathered outside the former’s house in Karathkal village on Sunday night and hurled casteist slurs over his moustache.

The group attacked Vaghela with a sharp weapon as well as sticks, and his sister was also injured in the attack, the complaint stated.

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