Uttarakhand gets Deepam Seth as regular DGP after a year
Uttarakhand finally got its regular Director General of Police (DGP) after a gap of almost a year.
A 23-year-old Dalit man died of injuries on Sunday, days after he was allegedly beaten up by some ‘upper caste’ people for eating in front of them at a wedding reception in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district, police said.
The Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday said five persons have been arrested in connection with the case.
Jeetendra was thrashed by the ‘upper caste’ men, who lost their temper as they saw him eating in front of them “despite being from a lower caste”, DSP Uttam Singh Jimwal was quoted as saying by PTI.
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The incident took place on April 26 in Shrikot village of the district, he said.
Jeetendra was critically injured and died at a hospital in Dehradun after nine days of treatment, the DSP said.
On the basis of a police complaint filed by Jeetendra’s sister, a case was registered against seven persons — Gajendra Singh, Soban Singh, Kushal Singh, Gabbar Singh, Gambhir Singh, Harbir Singh and Hukum Singh — under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the DSP said.
According to IANS, the police is yet to receive a post mortem report, Tehri Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yogendra Singh Rawat said.
Jitendra was cremated late on Monday after his family members were assured by the district administration that action would be taken against those responsible.
(With agency inputs)
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