Jhunjhunu: In a shocking incident reported from Rajasthan, a Dalit man was beaten to death by liquor mafia after being tied upside down in Jhunjhunu district of the state, police said. The purported video of the incident has surfaced on the Internet causing an uproar among people. Police have arrested five people in the case including a history sheeter. The incident is believed to have taken place last Thursday May 16 at Baloda village under Surajgarh police station area of Jhunjhunu district.
Superintendent of Police Rajarshi Raj Verma said that two of the accused kidnapped the victim Rameshwar Valmiki and his companion Jethuram of Baloda village and took them to a deserted place where six people tied Valmiki man's hands and legs with a rope, hanged him upside down and ruthlessly beat him. When the young man became unconscious during the beating, the accused took him to the hospital, where the doctors declared him dead, SP Jhunjhunu said.
He said that all the accused who carried out the incident are members of the liquor mafia. Police have arrested Deependra alias Chintu, Praveen Kumar, Praveen Meghwal, Satish and Subhash in this case even as a juvenile has been detained in the case. The body of the victim has also been recovered by the police.
The SP said that the accused left the dead body of deceased Rameshwar Valmiki outside his house. Following the report of the deceased's brother, a case was registered against five named accused and others.