Dalit man assaulted to death by liquor mafia in Rajasthan, five held
The gruesome assault was captured in a video that went viral that led to massive outrage
New Delhi, May 23
A Dalit man in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan was recently beaten to death allegedly by a liquor mafia for not purchasing liquor from the outlet being operated by them.
The police have arrested five of the accused in the case- Deepak Singh alias Chintu, Subhash alias Chintu, Satish alias Sukha, Praveen alias PK, and Praveen alias Baba and one minor boy who was detained.
As per the case details, a group of people forcefully took the victim Rameshwar Valmiki to a secluded place while he was returning home and attacked him. He was hung upside down and brutally beaten up. The incident took place on May 14. After Valmiki fell unconscious, he was taken to a private hospital in Haryana where he was declared dead. Thereafter, the accused allegedly threw his body outside his home.
The gruesome assault was captured in a video that went viral that led to massive outrage.
Sharing the video, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh targeted the Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that Dalits are being tortured wherever the BJP is in power.
"The truth of the double-engine government of Modi–Bhajanlal. The BJP wants 400 seats to end reservations of Dalits, to beat them, and murder them. There is torture on Dalits wherever the BJP is there. This heart-wrenching case is from Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu. See how mercilessly a Dalit youth, Rameshwar Valmiki was brutally beaten to death," he wrote.
Former Chief Minister and Congress leader alleged, “Such incidents are coming to light from all over the state every day,” and that “crimes against Dalits increased” under the BJP.
