Suspected of stealing wheat, 3 Dalit boys thrashed, paraded with shaved heads in UP village

BAHRAICH: Two poultry farm owners allegedly thrashed three boys of Dalit community, suspecting them of stealing 5 kg wheat, and paraded them with shaved heads and blackened faces in a village here, police said.

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The victims' families claimed the duo tortured the boys as they did not report at the poultry farm for work.

The incident was reported on Tuesday from Tajpur Tedia village under the Nanpara police station limits of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, they said. The accused allegedly thrashed the three boys, aged 12-14 years, shaved their heads, blackened their faces, wrote 'thief' on their forearms, and paraded them around the village with their hands tied, according to police.