Hinjewadi police

human excreta

Theon Friday arrested a brick kiln owner for allegedly making his worker eatat Jambe village the previous day.The employer has been identified as Sandip Pawar (40). As per the complaint, the accused manhandled the victim and his father for alleged insubordination and delay in resuming work.The victim, in order to escape the ordeal of physical torture, succumbed to the pressure of eating faeces at the kiln, officials said.A high-level probe under Assistant Commissioner Ashwini Rakh has been ordered as the victim hails from Scheduled community.As per the complainant, he was beaten up for not resuming work after lunch. The accused forced his wife to bring the faeces which was forced upon the victim. The relatives of the suspect claimed that the worker verbally abused his employer’s mother leading to an escalation in the situation."The victim was allegedly sitting and chatting with his relatives. So he asked for an extended recess which irked Pawar," said Police Inspector (Hinjewadi) Ajay Jogdanad.The accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 323 for voluntary Causing Hurt, 504 for Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and 506 for criminal intimidation. He was also booked under relevant sections of Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989."We have taken the matter seriously as it is very sensitive and has started a probe," said Assistant Commissioner Rakh.