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Pregnant Dalit woman, family beaten up for not disposing of cow carcass, six arrests

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Six persons have been arrested for assaulting a five-month pregnant Dalit woman and her family for refusing to dispose of the carcass of a cow in a village in north Gujarat.

Police said that the victims were abused and assaulted by the accused belonging to the dominant upper caste community in Mota Karja village. Banaskantha SP Niraj Badgujar, who visited the village, said the victims have been admitted to the civil hospital and provided police protection.

Police arrested six persons belonging to Darbar community for assault, criminal intimidation, rioting and under various sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accused were identified as Batvarsinh Chauhan (26), Manknusinh Chauhan (21), Yogisinh Chauhan (25), Babarsinh Chauhan (45), Dilvirsinh Chauhan (23) and Narendrasinh Chauhan (23), all residents of Karja village.

The incident occurred on Friday night when the accused barged into Nileshbhai Dhunabhai Ranavasia’s house after he refused to dispose of the carcass of a cow from the fields.

On Friday night, the accused, who belong to a dominant upper caste community in Mota Karja village, asked Ranavasia to go to the fields and remove the carcass of the cow. He refused, and said he would take up the work the next morning.

“They abused me and thrashed me before entering my house and beating my pregnant wife on the abdomen with sticks,” Ranavasia alleged in the complaint. The accused also hurled casteist remarks at them. Ranavasia alleged that the men also threatened to kill his wife if he doesn’t go the farm immediately and remove the carcass.

“My wife Sangeeta is admitted at civil hospital as she was hit in her stomach,” Nilesh stated in his complaint. While Sangeeta is still under treatment, Nilesh, who sustained minor injuries, was discharged.

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