A young Dalit writer, who wrote a book against the caste system and Hinduism, was threatened by a few unidentified youth in Karnataka’s Davangere, a police official said on Friday.
“We have registered a case on a complaint Huchangi Prasad filed on Thursday against a group of 10 people who attacked him on Wednesday for writing the book against the caste system and threatened to cut off his fingers he continued to criticise Hinduism,” Davangere’s Superintendent of Police MB Borolingaiha said.
Prasad, 23, who is doing post-graduation in journalism in Davangere University and stays in the State-run SC-ST hostel in the town, about 260 km from here, wrote the book “Odala Kichhu” in Kannada six months ago and it was released with fanfare for sale across the State.
“Prasad told me six months ago on phone that he received threat calls from some unidentified persons for his critical views against the caste system and Hinduism in the book but did not lodge any complaint then,” Borolingaiah said.
The book deals with instances of Dalit ill-treatment and discrimination against them in the country.