It was in the same village that a 14-year-old Maratha girl had been raped and murdered, allegedly by three persons, in July 2016, an incident that set off Maratha protests across Maharashtra. Besides, the protagonists in both cases are related.
A scuffle at a ‘tamasha’ event that ended in the suicide of a Dalit man has left a village in Ahmednagar district on the edge. What has added to the tensions are shadows of the past.
It was in the same village that a 14-year-old Maratha girl had been raped and murdered, allegedly by three persons, in July 2016, an incident that set off Maratha protests across Maharashtra. Besides, the protagonists in both cases are related.
The suicide
Of the three men arrested for the Dalit man’s suicide, one is the brother of the Maratha girl in the 2016 gangrape and murder case. And the Dalit youth who died by suicide is related to one of the convicts in the 2016 gangrape case.
On May 2, the 37-year-old Dalit man was found hanging from the ceiling at his home. Police said family members found a four-line suicide note in his pocket in which he blamed the Maratha men. Within 24 hours, the Ahmednagar Police arrested three of the accused for alleged abetment of suicide.
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