Apart from Vibhuti and Rabari, the other accused in the case are Om Patel, Raj Patel, Parikshit and an unidentified person. While Vibhuti is at large, a Morbi court on Saturday rejected her anticipatory bail plea, Zala said.
Morbi Dalit assault case, Gujarat police arrest, Gujarat Dalit man assault, businesswoman assault dalit worker, indian express newsMayur alias D D Rabari and Vibhuti Patel alias Raniba .
The police on Sunday made the first arrest in the case in which a Dalit man was allegedly threatened, beaten up and forced a footwear in his mouth as an apology for seeking his salary of 16 days of work done at a businesswoman’s office in Morbi town. The police identified the arrested accused as Mayur alias D D Rabari.
The businesswoman, identified as Vibhuti Patel alias Raniba – one of the six accused in the case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) – was also booked in a fresh case of “creating public nuisance” under IPC on Saturday, based on a complaint filed by a police officer after videos of her purportedly cutting multiple cakes with an object resembling a sword emerged.
Morbi Deputy Superintendent of Police (SC/ST Cell) Pratipalsinh Zala said, “We have arrested one accused in the case.”
On November 23, an FIR was registered with Morbi A Division police station based on a complaint filed by Dalit man Nilesh Dalsaniya. He had alleged that Vibhuti – who runs Raniba Industries Private Limited (RIPL) – and her staff allegedly threatened him, beat him up, made him put Vibhuti’s footwear in his mouth and apologise for demanding his salary for the work he did at the company in October. The alleged incident happened at Vibhuti’s office.
Apart from Vibhuti and Rabari, the other accused in the case are Om Patel, Raj Patel, Parikshit and an unidentified person. While Vibhuti is at large, a Morbi court on Saturday rejected her anticipatory bail plea, Zala said.
According to the FIR, Nilesh had joined the company on October 2 and was promised a monthly salary of Rs 12,000. However, on October 18, he was told that his services were no longer required. Following this, he joined another firm.
The FIR added that RIPL credited salaries in the bank accounts of its staff on the 5th of every month. But no salary was credited to Nilesh’s account for the 16 days he had worked at the firm. When he called Vibhuti for his salary, Vibhuti allegedly told him that she will look into it but later stopped answering his phone calls.
According to Nilesh, he when he went to the office to demand his salary on November 22, he was dragged to an elevator, taken to the terrace of the commercial building, beaten with a belt, kicked and punched by the accused. He was also forced to take Vibhuti’s footwear in his mouth and apologise to her.
Meanwhile, based on a complaint filed by Morbi A Division police Sub-Inspector Ashok Singh Jadeja, Vibhuti was booked for uploading on her social media account videos where she is seen cutting multiple cakes with a sword-like object. Morbi district SP Rahul Tripathi said, “During probe, video of Vibhuti (cutting cakes) was found online, following which the FIR was registered.”
