Chandigarh, Thu Apr 18 2013
The body of a 20-year-old Dalit youth, who reportedly died after some
persons allegedly tied him to a tree and repeatedly rammed a car into
him, was found in Devsar village of Haryana's Bhiwani district on
Wednesday. His body was found abandoned in a car on the roadside between
Devsar and Kusumbi villages.
The police said the youth, Jaimal, was murdered on Tuesday night.
Crime scene investigation has revealed that he
was intoxicated, tied to
a tree and then had a car repeatedly rammed into him till he died. The
assailants dumped his body in the same car and then left it about 2 km
away from the tree. Based on a complaint by Jaimal's father Rajpal, a
case was registered against a few upper caste members living in the same
village.
Rajpal told the police that last year, the upper caste members
had attacked them and stopped Jaimal's wedding procession. They also did
not allow Jaimal to sit on a elephant as part of the religious
ceremony. Since then, he was being harassed by upper caste youths and
hence, they could have killed him, Rajpal alleged in his complaint.
Jaimal's family learnt about his death on Wednesday morning. He
had left home on Tuesday night saying that he was going out with
friends. When he did not return, his parents looked for him throughout
the night but to no avail.
Meanwhile, after an autopsy, the police handed over the body to
the parents. The autopsy found presence of alcohol in Jaimal's blood and
strangulation marks around his neck. Fatal injuries too were found on
the body.
The Dalit community of Devsar has demanded stern action against
the accused. Bhiwani SP Simardeep Singh said a case against two persons —
one from the Scheduled Caste and another from the Rajput community —
has been registered. The charges include murder and atrocities on SC/ST.
source : indianexpress.
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