<p>A person belonging to Scheduled Caste community, was allegedly hung upside down and beaten up in a shed in Mancherial District of Telangana by a man and his family members on suspicion of stealing a goat and an iron pipe, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Mandamarri mandal of the district on September 1. The man was rescued by his relatives and was treated for his injuries.</p>.<p>A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, though it was not clear who videographed it.</p>.A worrying rise in atrocities on Dalits.<p>A man and his family members along with another person working with them allegedly hung upside down the Dalit person in the cattle shed, hit him with a stick and also lit a fire on the floor. His friend was also tied up in a similar way, police said.</p>.<p>The Dalit man's aunt approached the police on Saturday and lodged a complaint stating that her kin was tortured by the four persons.</p>.<p>Based on the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act besides under IPC sections 342 (wrongful confinement) and 307 (attempt to murder), police said.</p>.<p>During the course of investigation, four persons including the man, his wife and their son along with another person were arrested, a senior police official said today.</p>.<p>Police said a fortnight ago, the man found one of his goats missing and last week an iron pipe being stolen.</p>.<p>Suspecting that the Dalit man was involved in the theft, the accused brought him along with his friend to the shed and allegedly tied them upside down, police said.</p>.Dalit youths attacked in Ahmednagar: Cops arrest 3 more.<p>Some friends of the injured person informed the incident to his family members who got them released from the shed, police said.</p>
<p>A person belonging to Scheduled Caste community, was allegedly hung upside down and beaten up in a shed in Mancherial District of Telangana by a man and his family members on suspicion of stealing a goat and an iron pipe, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Mandamarri mandal of the district on September 1. The man was rescued by his relatives and was treated for his injuries.</p>.<p>A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, though it was not clear who videographed it.</p>.A worrying rise in atrocities on Dalits.<p>A man and his family members along with another person working with them allegedly hung upside down the Dalit person in the cattle shed, hit him with a stick and also lit a fire on the floor. His friend was also tied up in a similar way, police said.</p>.<p>The Dalit man's aunt approached the police on Saturday and lodged a complaint stating that her kin was tortured by the four persons.</p>.<p>Based on the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act besides under IPC sections 342 (wrongful confinement) and 307 (attempt to murder), police said.</p>.<p>During the course of investigation, four persons including the man, his wife and their son along with another person were arrested, a senior police official said today.</p>.<p>Police said a fortnight ago, the man found one of his goats missing and last week an iron pipe being stolen.</p>.<p>Suspecting that the Dalit man was involved in the theft, the accused brought him along with his friend to the shed and allegedly tied them upside down, police said.</p>.Dalit youths attacked in Ahmednagar: Cops arrest 3 more.<p>Some friends of the injured person informed the incident to his family members who got them released from the shed, police said.</p>