Cachar Police apprehends three goons for torturing school-kid in Silchar, forcing him to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' 

In a disturbing incident, a 15-year-old student of class VIII of Narsing Higher Secondary School in Silchar was publicly humiliated and beaten by a group of goons who identified themselves as right-wing activists, alleged to be the members of the Bajrang Dal, near the BSNL Telephone Exchange office in Sadarghat on Monday.

The student, belonging to the minority community, was accused of erasing a “Jai Shree Ram” graffiti from the school wall and was forced to chant the same slogan after being assaulted. The boy, however, kept pleading before the goons, “I have not written or omitted anything.”

The attackers claimed that the victim had erased the graffiti to write the name of “Allah”. The entire incident was filmed by the assailants, who later circulated the video on social media with derogatory remarks against Allah, further inflaming communal tensions. The attackers include students of the same school as well. Despite the student’s initial denial, he was coerced into accepting responsibility for removing the graffiti under duress.

On Tuesday evening, the student’s parents informed that they attempted to file an FIR at Sadar Police Station. However, the police, according to them refused to register the complaint, opting instead to broker a so-called “mutual understanding” between the two parties. The perpetrators were summoned to the station but were allegedly let off without any legal consequences.

When Barak Bulletin reported this incident on Instagram, the video reached the top cops of the state, mounting pressure on Cachar Police to lodge the FIR. Based on the complaint, three juvenile students were apprehended.

Cachar Police informed Barak Bulletin that the three “children in conflict with the law” will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board for further action into the matter. “A case has been registered and they are currently sent to the juvenile home, from there, they will be produced before the board and expert members will decide the further course of action”.

Barak Bulletin correspondent reached out to Mithun Roy of Bajrang Dal, who distanced himself from the incident and refused to know any of the hooligans featured in the videos. He also condemned the incident.