Jodhpur university Dalit student assaulted, ABVP leader accused

A Dalit student in Jodhpur’s Jai Narayan Vyas University was assaulted, allegedly by an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leader, Ravindra Singh Banta, for not attending a welcome gathering of BJP leader Satish Poonia on September 28.

The incident took place in the university hostel. Kamal, a BSc final year student, decided to stay in his room during an event welcoming the BJP leader.

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Banta and his associates entered his room and physically assaulted him for refusing to come. The victim suffered from a fractured finger and deep injuries around his ribs and stomach.

The attack allegedly involved caste-based slurs, sparking outrage among Dalit organisations, who gathered at the Bhagat Ki Kothi police station to stage a protest.

He is currently undergoing treatment at Mathuradas Mathur Hospital in Jodhpur.

A case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered by the police.

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