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Several viral videos emerged from Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, 6 August, showing a Dalit man being assaulted by a group of people allegedly over suspicion of theft.
The man being thrashed has been identified as one Aditya Rokde and the incident is said to have happened on 3 August near Nimrani area of Khargone.
Talking to media, Dharmveer Singh Yadav, Superintendent of Police (SP), Khargone district said that the police got the information about the incident on 6 August and subsequently a case was registered.
Yadav further said that an enquiry has been ordered against the officials who delayed actions after getting the information regarding Rokde being assaulted.
Rokde's mother Bhagwati Rokde said that her son had gone to Khalghat for work and was attacked on his way back home. She alleged that her son was 'stripped naked' by the assailants to "check whether he was a Hindu or Muslim."
Police sources, however, claim that Rokde was thrashed over suspicion of theft, not his religion.
(With inputs from Shaikh Shakeel.)
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