A resident of Rudrapatna in Arakalgud taluk has alleged that a group of people assaulted him and his son for running a sugarcane juice stall on Ramanathpura-Periyapatna Road in Hassan district.
Chandru, 50, in his complaint to Konanur police, said that a group of people from Gangur village assaulted him and his son Nithin, 22, around 11 a.m. on February 27.
The father and son had been earning their livelihood by selling juice to travellers on the highway for the last six months. Recently, a resident of Yaramanahalli in Periyapatna taluk set up another juice stall close by. “They do not want me to run the stall. Citing my caste, they picked up an argument with me and said nobody would purchase juice from my shop. They want me to close my stall because I am an untouchable,” Chandru told The Hindu.
“I have submitted a complaint to Konanur police. The police are yet to register it formally,” he said.
