New Twist In Dalit Youth Tonsuring Case In AP

26 Jul, 2020 09:39 IST|Sakshi Post

EAST GODAVARI: The case of tonsuring Indugupalli Prasad, a Dalit youth in Munikudali village of Seethanagaram Mandal in East Godavari district, has taken a new turn. According to media reports, one of Prasad's Dalit friend Kaneti Vijay Kumar who recovered from injuries on Saturday said that no sand truck had collided with them.

This is in contrast to Prasad's version who had said that their bike collided with a sand-laden lorry near Munikudali Crossroads of Seethanagaram.

Vijay Kumar said that on July 18 night, Prasad along with some other friends, was returning home after drinking alcohol. They had later lost control over the bike which overturned and fell into an adjacent ditch.

However, Kumar maintained that no lorry had collided with the bike.

Kumar in a police statement said that there is no truth to Prasad's claim that the accident happened as a sand-laden lorry collided with their bike, adding Prasad was not present at the spot during the time of accident near Munikudali Crossroads of Seethanagaram.

"I do not understand why Prasad and some other Dalit leaders are making use of my name in this incident," said Kumar.

In fact, Prasad is a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) activist and he has been involved in collecting money near the sand lorries during the TDP regime and he used to fight with the people who didn't give him money, said Kumar.

On March 10, 2019, Prasad along with two of his friends attacked a man named Palasapudi Nagendra at the Pulav Centre in Sitanagar. A case has been registered against Prasad at Sitanagar police station under section 74/2019 and section 324 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

None of the Dalit leaders have come to meet me after the accident, said Kumar. He said that what makes him sad is that even former MP Harsha Kumar is trying to politicise the issue.

Earlier, under-fire trainee sub-inspector Firoz Ali was arrested while two police constables were suspended in East Godavari district in connection with the case for allegedly torturing and tonsuring Prasad belonging to the Scheduled Castes inside a police station.

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