Horror in Rajasthan: Drunk men attack foreigners; Dalits stripped, thrashed

Ajmer/Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), April 5

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In two separate incidents of lawlessness in Rajasthan, two foreign tourists, including a woman, were allegedly assaulted by a group of drunk men, and three Dalit teenagers were stripped and thrashed after being accused of stealing a motorcycle.

A case was registered after a Spanish woman and a US man were allegedly beaten up at a tourist spot near Ajmer on Monday evening, while six persons were arrested for attacking three teenagers on Saturday after a video went viral.

In a shocking video, the three boys were seen tied to a tree, brutally thrashed and then paraded around naked for almost 30 minutes as they cried out for help and mercy, but to no avail.

The incident occurred in Bassi tehsil of Chittorgarh after the boys were accused of stealing a motorcycle of an upper caste man.

A case has been registered against those arrested under the SC/ST Act and also against unknown people involved in the attack.

They were released later with the help of the police, which was summoned by witnesses.

However, incredibly a case was registered against the boys for stealing a bike and those who attacked them were not charged.

Foreign tourists attacked

A group of four foreigners had rented bikes, and were on their way to Ajaypal, on the back side of the Taragarh hills, near Ajmer, a Spanish woman was molested and a US man was injured after he was attacked with a stone.

“They came here from Pushkar. At around 5 pm, they were attacked by some men, who were consuming liquor. One of the drunk men even tried to hold hands of one of the tourists... One person got injured,” said Superintendent of Police (SP) Nitin Deep.

The miscreants later fled the spot when the woman reportedly called up the owner of the hotel they were staying in. The owner arrived at the spot a little while later and took the couple to a hospital in Ajmer.

A case under Indian Penal Code’s Sections 307, 395 and 354 for molestation and attempt to murder was registered in the Ganj police station of Ajmer, he said.

The police have launched a manhunt to nab the miscreants. — TNS/ANI