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A man belonging to a Scheduled Caste community was allegedly beaten to death in Gujarat’s Surat district after being subjected to casteist abuse and accused of theft.
The incident took place in the Dindoli area on November 11, following which police arrested all six accused within hours.
The victim, identified as Anil Rathod, was cutting grass with a friend at a party plot in Saniya Kanade village when the accused allegedly confronted them on suspicion of trespassing and theft. The six men reportedly hurled casteist slurs at the two before forcibly taking them away in a vehicle.
According to a report by The New Indian Express, the accused abducted Rathod and his friend to another location at Karadva village, where they allegedly tied the two men to a pillar and assaulted them with wooden sticks and electric wires. Rathod sustained serious injuries and later died.
The Dindoli police have registered a murder case against the six accused under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accused have been identified as Vijay alias Sonu Maurya, Rahul Maurya, Abhishek alias Abhi Maurya, Sumit Singh, Sujit Yadav and Mahendra Maurya, the report said.
Assistant commissioner of police Sunil Tarde told The New Indian Express that the two victims had gone to the party plot to cut grass when the accused labelled them as thieves and assaulted them.
“The accused allegedly formed an unlawful assembly, abducted the victims and took them to another party plot, where they tied them up and brutally assaulted them with electric wires and wooden sticks. The assault proved fatal for Anil,” he said.
Tarde said the police surveillance team managed to apprehend all six accused within hours of the incident. He added that investigators were continuing to examine the circumstances surrounding the assault.
“Preliminary investigations have not revealed any previous criminal record against the accused. However, their individual roles, the circumstances leading to the assault and other aspects of the crime are being examined through further interrogation,” he said.
The police investigation is now focused on establishing the individual roles of the accused and the circumstances that led to the fatal assault.
The incident took place in the Dindoli area on November 11, following which police arrested all six accused within hours.
The victim, identified as Anil Rathod, was cutting grass with a friend at a party plot in Saniya Kanade village when the accused allegedly confronted them on suspicion of trespassing and theft. The six men reportedly hurled casteist slurs at the two before forcibly taking them away in a vehicle.
According to a report by The New Indian Express, the accused abducted Rathod and his friend to another location at Karadva village, where they allegedly tied the two men to a pillar and assaulted them with wooden sticks and electric wires. Rathod sustained serious injuries and later died.
The Dindoli police have registered a murder case against the six accused under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accused have been identified as Vijay alias Sonu Maurya, Rahul Maurya, Abhishek alias Abhi Maurya, Sumit Singh, Sujit Yadav and Mahendra Maurya, the report said.
Assistant commissioner of police Sunil Tarde told The New Indian Express that the two victims had gone to the party plot to cut grass when the accused labelled them as thieves and assaulted them.
“The accused allegedly formed an unlawful assembly, abducted the victims and took them to another party plot, where they tied them up and brutally assaulted them with electric wires and wooden sticks. The assault proved fatal for Anil,” he said.
Tarde said the police surveillance team managed to apprehend all six accused within hours of the incident. He added that investigators were continuing to examine the circumstances surrounding the assault.
“Preliminary investigations have not revealed any previous criminal record against the accused. However, their individual roles, the circumstances leading to the assault and other aspects of the crime are being examined through further interrogation,” he said.
The police investigation is now focused on establishing the individual roles of the accused and the circumstances that led to the fatal assault.
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