The Kaveripattinam Police have registered cases under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Indian Penal Code against a caste-Hindu, Annamalai, on charges of abusing and beating a Dalit boy, C. Illavarasan (18), at Surilihalli village of Karadihalli panchayat in Krishnagiri District on Thursday.
According to a complaint lodged with the police, Annamalai was upset with Illavarasan for allegedly waving at his daughter while she was travelling in a bus between Sappanipatti to Surulihalli, along with the boy's cousin. The boy rejected the charge and claimed that he only waved at his cousin. But, it was mistaken that he had waved at Annamalai's daughter. The boy was admitted to the Kaveripattiam Government Hospital for treatment.
Police said cases under Section 3(1) of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) and Sections 294 B (resorting to obscene act in public place) and 324 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code were registered against Annamalai.
