Dalit youth killed for harassing girl not for keeping horse

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 11:49 PM

Dalit youth killed for harassing girl not for keeping horse

Ahmedabad, March 31: The Gujarat Police on Saturday claimed that the Dalit youth who was killed in Bhavnagar district late Thursday allegedly for keeping a horse used to harass local girls and the villagers were angry with his activities.

District Superintendent of Police Pravin Mal told reporters that initial investigations had revealed that 21-year-old Pradeep Rathod might not have been killed because he was a Dalit and the higher castes had objections over his using and keeping a horse.

Police had already detained three persons in the case.

"The preliminary investigations reveal that the boy was not killed just for owning the horse as has been alleged in the FIR lodged. Instead, we have come across a lot of complaints about objectionable behaviour of the boy from various quarters and perhaps some persons may have killed him for that," he said, adding: "We are trying to ascertain the true reason and nab the culprits."