Katni, Oct 16
A Dalit youth has claimed that he was allegedly beaten up by the village head and his aides for opposing illegal mining in Madhya Pradesh's Katni, police said on Thursday.
Chaudhary also alleged that when his mother tried to intervene in the matter, Pandey and his aides, who were involved in illegal mining, thrashed her and hurled abuses.
"They insulted me by hurling caste abuses, and one of the Sarpanch's men even urinated on me. I wanted to die after this incident, but I decided to tell this incident to senior police officials," Choudhary added.
ASP Dehariya, while talking to media persons, said that the police have received the complaint and the local area police have been instructed to conduct an inquiry into the matter.