Maha: Backward community woman beaten up after she asks man to return money

A woman belonging to a backward community in Maharashtras Satara district was beaten up allegedly by four persons after she asked one of them to return Rs 2000 which she had given him for cattle fodder police said on TuesdayThe incident took place at Panvan village under Man taluka in Satara on August 26 an official said adding that the four accused have been arrested PTI reportedThe report said that on August 25 the woman demanded Rs 2000 from the main accused Devdas Narale to whom she had given the money for the fodder of cattle he saidEven after repeated demands Narale who is from an upper caste did not return the money and allegedly abused the woman and threatened her the official saidOn Saturday morning Narale along with three others went to the victim and started beating her up in front of villagers he saidA video of the incident went viral on social media platformsWhile beating her the accused persons allegedly used criminal force to outrage her modesty the official saidThe victims son filed a complaint following which the Mhaswad police registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code sections 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty 323 voluntarily causing hurt 324 voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace 506 criminal intimidation and 34 common intention and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act he saidAlso read Maharashtra Novelist Anand Neelakanthan receives Rs 10 lakh extortion call case registeredThe police arrested Narale and Pintu alias Shantaram Narale on Sunday the official said adding the other two accused Santosh Shinde and Janappa Shinde were nabbed on Monday eveningA probe is on into the case the police saidNovelist Anand Neelakanthan receives extortion callA man allegedly attempted to extort Rs 10 lakh from novelist Anand L Neelakantan by claiming that he had insulted the Valmiki community in one of his books police said on TuesdayThe police in Maharashtras Thane city has registered an offence under sections 384 extortion and 506 criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code against one Ravindra Chowdhary who identified himself as the chairman of the Vishwa Valmiki Samaj an official saidThe 49yearold novelist is his complaint claimed that he received a call from Chowdhary who identified himself as the chairman of the Vishwa Valmiki Samaj on the night of August 21 he saidThe caller claimed that Neelakantan had insulted the Valmiki community in his book ldquoValmikis Women Five Tales of Ramayanardquo and he proceeded to demand Rs 10 lakh to placate the community the official saidAfter negotiations the caller settled for Rs 25 lakh The novelist then approached the police with a complaint he saidA probe has been initiated but no arrests have been made in this regard so far the official saidNeelakantan has penned more than 13 books and is also a columnist screenwriter and public speaker He is known for writing mythological fiction and has authored 12 books in English and one in Malayalam PTI