8 from Patidar community arrested for beating Dalit youth to death for seeing Garba in Central Gujarat

Anand:

Police has arrested 8 people belonging to Patidar community for beating a Dalit youth to death and beating his cousin for allegedly seeing Garba organized by their community in Bhadarania village in Anand district of Central Gujarat.

Police today said that Sanjay Patel and seven others were arrested last night following the incident which had taken place a day before on the Dussehra and .

A traditional annual Garba near a local temple in the village under Bhadran police station had been organized by local Patidar community.

The deceased identified as local Jayesh Solanki (21) and his cousin Prakash Solanki (23) had reportedly seen the Garba. While they were sitting near the temple, Sanjay and the seven others came and started abusing them and beat them up. They also reportedly banged Jayesh’s head against a wall. Both of them were admitted to a local hospital in Karamsad where Jayesh later died.

Police said that prima facie it did not appear to be a pre-planned attack. “Jayesh it seems was killed in the heat of the moment. There was no rivalry between him and the accused. We are probing the case from all angles. The accused will be arrested soon,” a police officer said.

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