Three men working at the Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Bengaluru have been booked on charges of forcing a 53-year-old Dalit employee to clean a manhole and unclog sewers at the premises of the hospital.
The hospital housekeeping supervisor D Raja, Gilbert, and the administrator have been booked under relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Prohibition of Manual Scavenging and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, according to The News Minute.
Daivadeenam, who is the victim of the above said caste-based violence, is a permanent employee and has been working at the hospital for 21 years. He was asked to lower himself into the manhole and clear sewers. When he refused, he was threatened with termination of his services by the accused persons.
According to TNM, the Dalit employee had to unclog the manhole though he was at risk. Later, he approached the Karnataka Samata Sainik Dal and a complaint was lodged at the Halasuru police station in Bengaluru.
