CBI gets nod to arrest 34 for killing 6 Dalits in Dangawas

Ajmer: The special SC/ST court of Merta on Monday issued arrest warrants against 34 accused in the sensational case in which six Dalits were brutally beaten to death in Dangawas, Nagaur, in May 2015.
This follows a request from CBI which is investigating the incident. Six of the accused are in judicial custody. The court also directed to present all the accused by November 4.
Though the CBI had filed an additional chargesheet in the court in September this year, the court had directed the agency to complete the legal formalities before filing the chargesheet.
"The CBI team today filed an application and demanded arrest warrants against 34 accused in the matter," said Ramesh Bansal, advocate for victims. All the 34 are influential Jat leaders from the region. Sources said that there were 200 names in the FIR in the Dangawas incident and the CBI had arrested six accused and filed a chargesheet against them in August 2015.
The agency is hoping to nab the accused with the help of local police in the next couple of days.
Ajmer: The upper caste culprits had tied Dalits behind tractors and thrashed them brutally, leading to the death of four on the spot and two later in the hospital.
The investigation was first done by state CID and later transferred to CBI on May 30, 2015.
The agency arrested six people, including Premaram alias Premsukh Khadawa, Pancharam Jhajhar and four others, in this case.
It was also alleged that the Nagaur police had not responded in a timely fashion even after receiving information about the clash and deaths of Dalits.