Eleven people have been booked in Rajasthan’s Alwar district for forcing a 32-year-old Dalit man to rub his nose on a temple platform over his remarks on the film Kashmir files, Indian express reported.
Named, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, the 32-year-old was quoted by the report as saying. “I had watched the trailer of the film and had uploaded a post, in which I said the movie has shown atrocities against Kashmiri Pandits and is being made tax-free. That is fine, but there are also atrocities against Dalits and other communities. Why are movies such as Jai Bhim not made tax-free?”
After his comment, people started posting religious slogans on his FB post. Later, Meghwal said he started receiving threats and was being pressured to apologize, he said.
“Villagers and a former sarpanch started to mount pressure on me to apologise at the village temple. They assured me that I will not be roughed up. But they started heckling me and forced me to rub my nose at the platform of the temple against my wishes,” alleged Meghwal.
Following the incident, based on Meghwal’s complaint, an FIR was lodged at Behror police station under sections 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly), 342 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC and relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) and 11 people were booked.