Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Karnataka Hotel Owner Booked Over Alleged Caste Discrimination
A hotel owner in Karnataka has been accused of treating a customer unfairly because of his caste.
A video appears to show the customer being given water in his hands instead of a glass.
A member of the Scheduled Caste community complained about the incident.
Government official Ravindra Uppar learned about the complaint.
He saw the video and contacted the police.
The video was reportedly recorded about three months earlier.
Police in Lingasugur registered a case against the hotel owner and others.
The case will address the allegations under laws protecting people from caste discrimination and untouchability.
A hotel owner in Karnataka’s Raichur district was booked over alleged untouchability.
A video purportedly shows a Dalit customer receiving water in cupped hands instead of a glass.
Social Welfare Department official Ravindra Uppar learned of the allegations from a Scheduled Caste community member.
Uppar reviewed the video, reportedly recorded about three months earlier, and approached police.
Lingasugur police registered a case under two laws concerning caste discrimination and civil rights.
- Who
- Hotel owner Sharanappa Hadapada and others were named in the police case; the alleged victim was a member of the Scheduled Caste community.
- What
- A case was registered over alleged untouchability after a video purportedly showed water being poured into a Dalit customer’s cupped hands instead of a glass.
- When
- The case was registered Wednesday; the video was reportedly recorded about three months earlier.
- Where
- A hotel in Karnataka’s Raichur district, within the Lingasugur police jurisdiction.
- Why
- Police acted after Social Welfare Department official Ravindra Uppar received a complaint alleging caste-based discrimination and reviewed the video.
- Location
- Raichur district, Karnataka
- Accused
- Hotel owner Sharanappa Hadapada and others
- Allegation
- Practising untouchability and caste-based discrimination
- Evidence mentioned
- A video purportedly showing water served in a customer’s cupped hands
- Police station
- Lingasugur police
- Applicable law
- Section 3(1)(za)(D) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
- Additional law
- Section 4 of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955