Read the following news item.
Nimon is a village on the Chauphula -Shirur Road.Like many others ,this village has also been facing a severe water shortage for the last few months and villagers depend on tankers for all their needs. Bhagvan Mahadeo Lad (35) of this village was beaten with sticks ,iron rods and axes by a group of seven men.The incident came to light when some villagers bought a badly injured Lad to hospital for treatment.In the FIR ,recorded by the police Lad said that he was attacked when he insisted that the water in the tanker must be emptied in to the storage tank constructed as part of water supply scheme by Nimon Gram Panchayat so that there would be equal distribution of water .However,he alleged that the upper caste men were against this and told him that the tanker water was not meant for the lower castes.
Adapted from Indian Express ,May 1 ,2004.
a. Why was Bhagavan beated ?
b. Do you think the above is a case of discrimination?Why?
