Bhopal/Mandideep, Nov 22 (LatestNewsX) – An appalling violation of human dignity occurred in the crowded market of Mandideep, an industrial area roughly 23 km north of Bhopal, when a disabled man was publicly urinated on by two relatives of his. The event was captured on a smartphone in front of a petrol pump, and the footage quickly spread across social media, showing the victim lying helpless on the ground as a perpetrator relieved themselves on his face with a cruel laugh, all while onlookers filmed the scene.
Eyewitnesses have described the moment as “heart‑wrenching.” The victim, a local Divyang in his forties, was found stretched out beside the road after collapsing from exhaustion. Within hours of the video going live, it had accumulated thousands of views, prompting immediate action from authorities.
Raisen Superintendent of Police (SP) Aditya Kumar confirmed that the main accused, a resident of nearby Obedullaganj, has been taken into custody under several sections of the Indian Penal Code—including assault and outraging modesty—as well as under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, acknowledging the victim’s marginalised status. A second suspect, believed to be the cameraman who filmed the assault, remains at large, and police have now deployed teams to hunt him down.
The origin of this brutal episode can be traced back to a routine trip to Mandideep’s grain market. The victim and his family were there to sell paddy from their small farm in Raisen’s rural outskirts. After a taxing day under November’s heat, they stopped at a roadside dhaba for a break. A heated argument over a trivial debt, reportedly Rs 500 for purchased liquor, escalated into violence. Witnesses say the accused, allegedly drunk and enraged, pushed the disabled man to the floor during the scuffle; when he was on the ground, the assailant opened his trousers and urinated directly on the victim’s face, mocking his disability.
A vendor who reported the incident remarked that the man “looked like a rag doll, unable to fight back.” Although the video was posted by a passerby who wanted to “expose the monster,” it ultimately amplified the victim’s trauma, as netizens branded the act a “stain on humanity.”
This incident is far from isolated: Madhya Pradesh has long struggled with egregious attacks on marginalized groups. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that in 2024, the state recorded over 5,200 cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Tribes, including 127 incidents of forced ingestion or exposure to human waste—a 15 % increase from 2023. High‑profile cases such as the 2023 Sidhi urination on a tribal labourer, which triggered the National Security Act, and the August 2024 Narsinghpur incident involving a Dalit man forced to drink urine, underscore a systemic failure to protect vulnerable citizens.
The political fallout has been sharp. Congress’s state unit president, Jitu Patwari, lashed out at a press conference in Bhopal, declaring, “There is no law, no home minister in Madhya Pradesh! This repeated urination on humans is a Madhya Pradesh speciality—NCRB data is clear evidence of it.” In response, the BJP’s Chief Minister, Mohan Yadav, used X to reaffirm a zero‑tolerance stance, stating that offenders would “rot in jail” and that the government had approved a Rs 2 lakh immediate relief package for the victim while ordering a fast‑track investigation.
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