A woman from the Dalit community was tied to a pole and hit with slippers after her cows strayed into the field of an upper caste man in Karnataka's Koppal district. A police case has been filed against the man, Amrish Kumbar, under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which severely punishes ill-treatment to tribes. A video of the beating has been shared widely on social media.