Man With Fractured Leg Assaulted In Latur, Atrocity Case Filed

A 26-year-old autorickshaw driver with a fractured leg was assaulted with belts, kicks, and punches in Latur district. The incident occurred near the Zilla Parishad school in Nadi Hattarga village.

The victim, Hanmant Ashok Kamble, alleged that three men from the village, Maheboob Rajendra Raja Mulla, Ismail, and Rajendra Raja Mulla, attacked him over an old dispute. Kamble's friend, Vijay Kamble, managed to flee, but Hanmant was unable to escape due to his fractured leg.

The suspects beat Kamble with belts, kicked and punched him, and hurled caste-based abuses at him. Another villager, Siddharth Sitape, intervened and helped Kamble escape, but the suspects chased and assaulted him again.

A video of the assault went viral, and Kamble approached the Kasarshirsi Police Station to lodge a complaint. The police registered a case against the three suspects under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.