Bulandshahr: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested four men for allegedly running their SUV over a group of Dalits, who objected to their rash driving in Bulandshahr.
A woman, Sheela Devi, was killed and four others were injured in the incident, which took place this week, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
According to the FIR, the Dalit family was resting outside their home when a group of men from the Thakur community drove past them.
“There was no electricity that night and we had laid out charpai right outside the house. It’s not as if they were in the middle of the road,” Bhupendra Kumar, Sheela Devi’s son, was quoted as saying by TIE.
Kumar recalled that he, his mother and three relatives were sitting outside their home when a car allegedly rushed past them very close. He said that he had asked the driver to drive slower. “The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road,” he added.
The car stopped and two men who were in the vehicle allegedly made casteist remarks at Kumar and then left from the spot.
According to the FIR, six armed men returned in an SUV and ran over the people gathered in the area. “They drove at full-speed; the car stopped after running over my mother and then it reversed in high-speed over her again,” alleged Bhupendra.
While Sheela Devi died on the spot, Bhupendra and his relatives were relatively unharmed and were treated in the district hospital, added the report.
Police have arrested Priyanshu Thakur, Atul Thakur, Manav Thakur, Krishna Thakur, and the car’s driver. Three suspects — Tapesh Thakur, Varun Singh and Ashu — remain absconding.
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