Three days after dalit lynched in Rajasthan, 4 arrested, minor detained
BIKANER: Three days after a 29-year-old Dalit man was lynched in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, police on Sunday arrested four people and detained one minor boy.
Those arrested are prime accused Mukesh (30) and his three accomplices Dilip, Sikander and Hansraj.
Police said victim Jagdish Meghwal allegedly had an affair with Mukesh’s wife, who has been living separately in Suratgarh for the past two years. Meghwal often visited the woman in her rented accommodation in Suratgarh. When Mukesh learned about it, he became furious.
On Thursday, Mukesh along with his accomplices followed Meghwal and abducted him when he was returning from Suratgarh after meeting the woman. The accused allegedly took Meghwal to a farm and assaulted him with sticks and shot a video of the act, which later went viral on social media. The purported video shows an injured Meghwal begging for water and his tormentors giving him something to drink, before assaulting him repeatedly.
The accused then brought Meghwal to his village and dumped him. His family rushed him to a hospital, where Meghwal died within hours.
Courtesy : TOI
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