Surat: Pal police have registered an attempt-to-murder case 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 22-year-old sister, who is pursuing law.On Monday night, the boy received 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 and dropped her off. However, while they were on their way, the girl’s brother spotted them together.Following the incident, the girl’s family members called the boy to the Fantasia-2 complex in the Pal area. The victim informed his elder sister about the matter and both went to the location.Upon reaching there, the girl’s minor brother, father and two other relatives picked a quarrel with the boy and brutally assaulted him with kicks, punches and sticks.The accused also used casteist slurs against the victim, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community, police said.Pal Police have registered an attempt-to-murder case against all four accused, including the minor, under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Meanwhile, as the victim’s father practises law in a Surat court, members of the Surat District Bar Association have decided not to represent the accused in the case.
