Sagar incident fallout of enmity: MP CM on Dalit woman's death
Bhopal, May 28: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday said the Sagar incident was the fallout of enmity, a remark coming against the backdrop of the death of a Dalit woman after she purportedly fell from an ambulance carrying her uncle’s body two days back.
Yadav said he would visit Barodia Nonagir village to meet the family of victims but downplayed the Congress' demand for a CBI probe as a "job of the opposition."
"I am going to Sagar-Khurai and I hope, God willing, everything will be alright in that village. It was the result of an enmity. I sympathise with them. We have directed the administration to ensure that such things won't recur and people live harmoniously," Yadav told PTI when asked about the Sagar incident.
Anjana Ahirwar, whose brother Nitin Ahirwar alias Lalu was allegedly beaten to death by some persons pressuring her for a compromise in a harassment case last August, died on Sunday after "falling off" from an ambulance which was carrying the body of her uncle, who was allegedly beaten to death by some persons on Saturday, police had said.
"It is the job of the opposition Congress to demand a CBI probe. They will have to speak like this. They were aware of it. Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh also went there and visited both the places where the dispute took place and also the home where the incident (killing) took place," Yadav said.
"What else can one do while coming from outside? It was a dispute and in such a situation what one can do? We can't deny that the incident didn't take place. We have realised the gravity of the incident," he added.
Earlier in the day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assured to support family members of Anjana Ahirwar.
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3 held, hunt on for 4 accomplices after they kidnap, assault and urinate on man in Bhopal
Bhopal (PTI): Police have registered a case against seven persons and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and urinating on a 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
The incident occurred during the intervening night of April 26 and 27 in an area located under the Hanumanganj police station limits, an official said.
One of the accused urinated on the face of the victim and captured a video of the act, which was later circulated on social media to humiliate him, he said.
"A complaint in this connection was lodged by Jaswant Markam (22), a resident of Kamla Nagar, based on which a case was registered against seven persons under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police have arrested three of them, including one Prem Thapa," Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
Three police teams have been formed and the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon, he said.
During the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, Markam was at the local bus stand with a friend when around 4 am, the accused took him away on the pretext of discussing something with him. They asked him about his neighbour and friend Aniket. When he refused to provide any information, they started assaulting him, the police said.
The accused then took him to a forest in Karond area, where he was stripped and severely thrashed, they said.
When the man began to lose consciousness, one of the accused urinated on his face and made a video of the act, which was circulated on social media to humiliate him and spread terror, according to the police.
The accused called Markam's friend around 5 am to inform him about his condition. The victim was subsequently admitted to a hospital, the officials said, adding that the viral video was also being investigated.
Responding to a query, Hanumanganj police station in-charge Awdhesh Bhadoria said if the victim was found to be from the tribal community, then relevant sections will be invoked against the accused.
At present, the police are probing the incident and search is on to arrest the remaining accused, he added.
In 2023, a man had urinated on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms and created a controversy.
