Chennai: Taking suo motu cognisance of an incident in which a dalit boy was forced to clean his faeces with his own hands in Dharmapuri, the Tamilnadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has sought a report from the District Collector and the Superintendent of Police within four weeks.
The 14-year-old Dalit boy, a native of Kodarampatty village, was forced to clean up his faeces from a field, after he was spotted defecating behind bushes on the fringes of a patta land, at a village in Pennagaram on 15 July.
The boy was spotted by the land owner, Rajashekhar, who pulled him up and forced him to clear the faeces with his hands.
In his complaint, the boy’s father also said his son was also assaulted by Rajashekhar. Acting on the complaint, police have registered a case against Rajashekhar.