US EditionViolence Breaks Out in Etawah After FIR Lodged Against Kathawachaks - The Statesman
- On Sunday night in Dandarpur village, Etawah district, two Yadav community religious narrators were forcibly tonsured by upper caste men after revealing their caste identity.
- The incident occurred after accusations against the narrators for allegedly misleading people and concealing caste through forged documents led to an FIR against them.
- Authorities in Etawah district have detained four individuals from Dandarpur village—Ashish Tiwari, Uttam Awasthi, Nikki Awasthi, and Manu Dubey—in connection with a viral video showing them involved in a caste-related assault, and have since placed them in custody.
- Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav criticized the attack as an act of caste-based discrimination, emphasizing that if certain groups are permitted to hear the recitations, they must be allowed to perform them as well. He also threatened to mobilize protests if the police do not take appropriate action.
- The violence triggered political protests and a tense situation in the village, with authorities monitoring developments and the National Human Rights Commission seeking a report from police.
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.ETAWAH/LUCKNOW DES107 UP-TONSURE-PROTEST UP Tonsuring Row: Tension in Etawah, Stone Pelting on Cops, 20 Detained
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Etawah/ Days after the alleged caste-based tonsuring of a Bhagwat Katha preacher and his aide in Etawah's Dandarpur village, tensions escalated on Thursday as members of Yadav groups staged protests demanding the arrest of all accused and withdrawal of the case registered against the victims. India News | .ETAWAH/LUCKNOW DES107 UP-TONSURE-PROTEST UP Tonsuring Row: Tension in Etawah, Stone Pel…
Aaj Tak has spoken to the family of Sant Singh Yadav, a friend of narrator Mukut Mani Yadav, whose hair and braids were cut. The family members of Sant Singh Yadav are extremely hurt by the incident. They have accused the narrators of being harassed deliberately.
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