Gujarat Businesswoman Assaults Former Dalit Employee, Compels Him To Take Her Footwear In Mouth (image: twitter.com/ambedkariteIND)

A Gujarat-based businesswoman, her brother and four of her employees has been booked for beating her former employee, a Dalit youth, for asking pending salary. They also compelled him to hold her footwear in his mouth and apologise. The complainant got admitted to Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) Hospital in Morbi.

The businesswoman has been identified as Vibhuti Patel, or Raniba, and runs Raniba Industries, a private firm handles manufacturing and export of ceramic tiles. As per the FIR, Nilesh Dalsaniya, Dalit youth has been dragged to an elevator, took him to the terrace of the commercial building and lashed him up with a belt, and also kicked and punched him.

“Vibhuti Patel forced me to hold her slipper in my mouth and made me apologise. She threatened me that I would be finished if I filed any complaint with the police or spotted on Ravapur Road (where the company is located),” said Nilesh Dalsaniya in the FIR.

As per the reports, he joined the exports department of Vibhuti Patel’s firm on October 2, promising a salary of Rs 12,000 per month. After working for 16 days, on October 18 he was being told that his services are no longer needed. Since the firm did not paid the pending salary he contacted Vibhuti Patel to get his dues but she did not respond. Then he went to the company”s office to demand his salary and incident occurred.

Vibhuti Patel and five have been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506(2) (criminal intimidation), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting) and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of the offence committed in prosecution of common object). Besides, The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has also been invoked, Scroll.in reports.