Surat: Pal police registered a case for attempted murder and offences under the Atrocities Act against four persons, including a minor, for brutally assaulting a minor boy after objecting to his friendship with a girl. The accused allegedly attacked the boy with sticks and punched him. They also hurled caste-based slurs at him, police said.According to police, the victim lives in the Ghod Dod Road area with his father, who is an advocate, and his sister, who is studying law.On Monday night, the boy got a call from his female friend, who asked him to drop her home in the Bhatar area. As it was late, he went to the location shared by her to pick her up and dropped her off. However, when they were on their way, the girl’s brother saw them together.The girl’s family then called the boy to the Fantasia 2 complex in Pal. The victim told his elder sister about the matter and both went to the location.When they got there, the girl’s minor brother, father and two other relatives allegedly assaulted the boy, kicking and punching him and hitting him with sticks.The accused also allegedly used casteist slurs against the victim, who is from a scheduled caste (SC), police said.Pal police registered case for attempted murder against all four accused, including the minor, under the BNS, and for offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.As the victim’s father practises law in a Surat court, members of the Surat District Bar Association resolved to not represent the accused in the case.
