Jaipur: In a shocking case of caste violence over a plot of land in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district, three members of the Dalit community were run over by tractors after one member of the Jat community was killed.
While the police said that the incident had taken place in the Dangawas village near Merta village when two groups had clashed with weapons, other reports said that the years-long battle over a plot of land had culminated in members of the two castes clashing.
According to media, the legal dispute between the Dalit families of Ratnaram Meghwal, Gutaram Meghwal and Khemaram Meghwal, and the family of Chimnaram Jat had been on in courts for years but when a Jat panchayat was held on Thursday and Dalit families were called to it, things escalated quickly.
The Dalit families reportedly fearing that they were going to be attacked shot at the members of the Jat community in which one Rampal was killed.
This led to members of the Jat community chasing the Dalit families with their tractors, attacking their homes and attacking the women.
Ratna Ram, Pokar Ram and Pancha Ram were run over and killed while seven other persons were admitted to a hospital in Ajmer.
After the atack, hundreds of armed persons reportedly surrounded a hospital to prevent the injured Dalits from receiving treatment and police had to be called in to ensure they could be shifted to another hospital.
A case has been registered against 12 persons for murder, police officials said, adding, no arrests has been made so far.
(Agencies)
