Raidas sustained injuries in the attack and was admitted to a primary health centre, Singh said. (File express photo)A 45-year-old Dalit man was beaten up in a village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday allegedly by people who objected to his using a government-installed handpump, police said. In an FIR lodged at the Bisanda police station, Ramchandra Raidas has alleged that family members of Ram Dayal Yadav attacked him with sticks when he went to take water from the handpump in Tendura village here in the morning, Station House Officer Narendra Pratap Singh said. Raidas sustained injuries in the attack and was admitted to a primary health centre, Singh said. An investigation in the case is underway, the police officer said.

Source: Indian Express December 25, 2020 09:08 UTC