A Dalit man was killed six days after being brutally assaulted for allegedly addressing a teenager from a different caste as “beta” at a shop in Gujarat’s Amreli district. A Dalit man was killed six days after being brutally assaulted for allegedly addressing a teenager from a different caste as “beta” at a shop in Gujarat’s Amreli district.

“beta” = “son” in Hindi and similar North Indian languages