By Satish Jha
Ahmedabad: The trial in 2016 Una Dalit flogging case is finally reaching the end with the prosecution recently completing its final argument before a special court in Veraval in Gir Somnath district.
The prosecution stated that “such a grave offense was committed with the sole intention of creating fear in a particular section of the society.”
The prosecution submitted that instead of ‘appreciating the victims’ for carrying out their generational and ‘noble business of collecting dead animals’, which is required for maintaining the ‘ecological balance’, the accused committed a ‘heinous crime with the intention of instilling fear in the society.’
It said that the accused fabricated evidence in order to label oneself as a gaurakshaks (cow vigilante).
The prosecution also argued that the accused and the victims hail from the same vicinity and the accused was aware of the occupation the victims were involved in.
“Despite this, the accused persons committed this heinous act with malicious intention in collusion with each other,” the written statement says while asking the court to take note of it.
“Nowadays, if the ecological balance gets disrupted an epidemic will break out. The Indian government is also running a cleanliness drive. It is impossible to know where an animal will die. Therefore, wherever an animal dies, if it is not immediately removed, one can understand the troubles and consequences the residents of that area will bear. The victims of the present case were dealing in the generational noble occupation of collecting such dead animals and making useful things out of their skin and bones which helps in maintaining the ecological balance,” the written submission stated.
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