The police have booked the accused under sections 323, 294, 506, 328, 342 of the Indian Penal code and under sections 147, 355, 270 of the SC/ST Act. The accused persons raised false alarm that victim Dalit boys were harassing some girls from their village.
On Sunday, Pateria the former Madhya Pradesh minister, purportedly made the controversial remarks at a meeting of Mandalam Sector presidents organized by the District Congress Committee at Powai Rest House.