Jaipur Mar 23 PTI A Dalit man was allegedly forced to rub his nose on a platform inside a temple in Rajasthans Alwar district after he made derogatory remarks about Hindu deities in an exchange on social media on the controversial film The Kashmir Files police said on WednesdayAn FIR was registered against 11 people on Tuesday night under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act and seven accused have been arrested polcie saidThe incident occurred under Behror Police Station on Monday A video of the same went viral in which the victim Rajesh Kumar Meghwal is purportedly seen rubbing his nose in a temple under pressure from people present thereCircle Officer at Behror Police Station Rao Anand said Meghwal who works in a private bank had criticised The Kashmir Files movie on Facebook two-three days ago He had written a post against the movie which invited critical comments In the Facebook post the victim questioned whether atrocities had happened with Pandits only and not with Dalits He wrote that atrocities are happening with the poor daily and they are not safeResponding to his post some users wrote Jai Shri Ram and Jai Shri Krishna in the comments Meghwal allegedly reacted to this with some derogatory remarks against the gods which provoked the peopleLater Meghwal sought an apology on social media for his comments but some locals forcibly took him to a temple on March 21 and asked him to seek apology there Some of the people present there forced him to rub in nose in the temple and he did as he was told to the CO said Taking action in the matter the police have arrested seven accused identified as Ajay Kumar Sharma Sanjeet Kumar Hemant Sharma Parvinder Kumar Ramavtar Singh Nitin Jangid and Dayaram he said PTI SDA RHL

Jaipur Mar 23 PTI A Dalit man was allegedly forced to rub his nose on a platform inside a temple in Rajasthans Alwar district after he made insulting remarks on Hindu gods in response to comments on social media for criticising the film The Kashmir Files police said on Wednesday An FIR was registered against 11 persons on Tuesday night and two of them have been arrested Some other persons have also been rounded up for harassing the Dalit man Circle Officer Behror Anand Kumar said The incident occurred under Behror police station on Tuesday A video of the same went viral in which the victim Rajesh Kumar Meghwal is purportedly seen rubbing nose in a temple under pressure from people present there The CO said Meghwal who works in a private bank had criticised Kashmir Files movie on Facebook two three daysago He had written a post against the movie which invited critical comments In the Facebook post the victim questioned whether atrocities had happened with Pandits only and not with Dalits He wrote that atrocities are happening with the poor daily and there is nothing in the name of their safety Some of the people wrote Jai Shree Ram and Jai Shree Krishna in response to Meghwals post on the film Meghwal reacted to the comments with some derogatory remarks against gods which provoked people Later he sought apology on social media for making the comments on Ram and Krishna but some locals forced him to seek apology in a temple Yesterday he was taken to a temple where he sought apology Some of the people present there forced him to rub in nose in the temple and he followed it the CO saidPTI SDA RCJ

Dehradun Dec 23 PTI A Dalit woman who served mid-day meal at a government secondary school in Uttarakhands Champawat district was allegedly removed from her job after upper caste students refused to eat the meal cooked by her The incident occurred at a school in Sukhidhang in Champawat district A day after her appointment as the Bhojanmata earlier this month students stopped eating the meal cooked by herbecause of her caste and began bringing their food from home in tiffin boxes Reportedly out of 66 students in the school 40 had refused to eat the meal prepared by her Even the parents of the students objected to her appointment as Bhojanmata when an upper caste woman had also been interviewedfor the job However Chief EducationOfficer of Champawat R C Purohit said her appointment had been canceled as it was found that the norms had not been followed in her appointment Higher authorities had not cleared her appointment Still she was given the job he said A temporary replacement for her has been found he said PTI ALM RCJ RCJ