CRIME REPORT : DALIT FORCED TO HOLD FOOTWEAR; FIR REGISTERED

DALIT FORCED TO HOLD FOOTWEAR;
FIR REGISTERED

Crime Report: 

CRIME NEWS : DALIT FORCED TO HOLD FOOTWEAR;  FIR REGISTERED

Morbi, Nov. 25: Police in Gujarat’s Morbi city have reg-istered a case against a busi-nesswoman and at least six others for allegedly assaulting a 21-year-old Dalit man, who worked in her company for a fortnight, and forcing him to apologise by holding her footwear in his mouth for demanding salary , an official said.

The incident occurred on Wednesday , he said.

The victim, Nilesh Dalsaniya, lodged a com-plaint, based on which Morbi city’s ‘ A ’ division police on Thursday registered a first information report (FIR) against the woman, identified as Vibhuti Patel aka Raniba, and others including her brother Om Patel and manag-er Parikshit, said Pratipalsinh Zala, Deputy Superintendent of Police (SC/ST Cell). 

Vibhuti Patel is the owner of Raniba Industries Pvt Ltd, which has an office in a com-mercial complex at Ravapar Crossroad. She hired Dalsaniya on a monthly salary of `12,000, the FIR said.