Sangrur: A 10-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly thrashed by a couple in Balad Khurd village of Bhawanigarh block in Punjab\u2019s Sangrur district for plucking guavas from a tree. The incident took place on the evening of July 21.<\/p>\n
According to the victim’s family, Gurjot Singh, son of Gurpreet Singh, was picking guavas from branches hanging over a wall when Jaswinder Singh and his wife\u2014both from the Jat community\u2014allegedly beat him with slippers and slapped him repeatedly.<\/p>\n
The child’s mother, Geeta Devi, claimed that when she took her son to Jaswinder Singh’s house to confront them, the couple verbally abused her and hurled casteist slurs.<\/p>\n
The child\u2019s father said he too visited the accused\u2019s house later in the evening, but was allegedly treated with the same hostility.<\/p>\n
The family has demanded strict action against the couple, calling the attack not only inhumane but also caste-based. Police have not issued an official statement yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sangrur: A 10-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly thrashed by a couple in Balad Khurd village of Bhawanigarh block in Punjab\u2019s Sangrur district for plucking guavas from a tree. The incident took place on the evening of July 21. According to the victim’s family, Gurjot Singh, son of Gurpreet Singh, was picking guavas from branches hanging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"\n