Caste conflict claimed the life of a Dalit man after members of upper caste allegedly attacked the victim and his family members in Ferozabad on Monday. The incident took place when the victims were feeding cattle in their fields.

As per reports, Omveer, Avadesh and Dharmveer Singh of Jodhpur Mudaiya village were pressuring Jai Singh, a Dalit, to vacate a plot he had purchased from a local resident in 2021. The trio tried to forcibly occupy the land tract in February and even threatened to kill Jai’s father if their sinister wish was not met. Jai’s daughter Sonam said that they had informed police about the incident, but no action was initiated. She further said that due to the police inaction, the miscreants became emboldened and continued terrorising her family. She said on Tuesday morning the trio backed up by other aides approached them on the fields and launched a brutal attack on her father and others working with him. This resulted in Jai’s death while others were injured and had to be hospitalised.

Later, an FIR was registered against six people, including three unidentified men and two of the accused were arrested. An alleged video of the incident had also gone viral on social media.

Meanwhile in Maharajganj, a BSc student alleged that she was molested by two unknown persons inside a washroom on the college campus.

 A case of attempted rape was registered against the accused and investigations were on. The victim complained that the two men were wearing masks and hence she could not identify them but she bit one of the perverts on his hand.

 She alleged that they tried to strip her and rape her but she somehow managed to escape.  After her escape from the scene, the victim fainted in the campus after which the police reached there.

A case was later registered against the accused. A police spokesman said that investigations have been initiated and the two accused have been arrested.