The proposed Gurjar Panchayat that was announced by the community leaders and family of deceased Ashish, who was murdered on Saturday, has now been postponed. Ashish, who was named in the murder of BSP worker Gopi Paria, was out on bail when he was killed.

BJP leader and national president of Pathik Sena, Mukhiya Gurjar told that the panchayat, which was announced by the disgruntled family members and other community members, has been postponed for now. The community was enraged over this murder and wanted a prompt action by the police.

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Meanwhile, the police too have asked deceased Ashish’s family to postpone the proposed panchayat on Tuesday, assuring that the named accused would be arrested soon.

Police have arrested three out of the eight named accused including father Tarachand and brother Prashant of Gopi Paria who was killed on April 4 this year. Ashish was an accused in this murder and was out on bail when he was killed.

SP (city) Ranvijay Singh informed that one accused, Raju, has been arrested on Tuesday while Prashant and his father Tarachand have already been sent to the jail. He said that other named accused would be arrested soon and the police are conducting raids to nab them soon.

On the contrary, Mukhiya Gurjar has raised questions over the functioning of the police. “Some youngsters openly threatened on social media to eliminate Ashish and this was reported by the family members to the local police station but they didn’t take it seriously, as a result of which Ashish was killed on Saturday,” he said.

It all started with the killing of BSP worker Gopi Paria two days after the violence of April 2 during the Bharat Bandh called by Dalit organisations. Paria had actively participated in the protest during which a police check post outside Dalit dominated village Shobhapur was torched along with many vehicles on NH 58 which remained blocked for hours during the agitation.

While trying to crack down on the protestors, Police officials took the assistance of local residents to identify the rioters. Gopi suspected that Ashish and his friends had given his name to the police.

Gopi had an altercation with Ashish and his friends over the issue in village Shobhapur on April 4 following which he was shot dead.

Ashish and his two friends were named in the case and sent to the jail.