Karnal Dalit Man Murder: Dalit man came inside the house wearing slippers, was beaten to death by the family

Karnal. A case of murder of a Dalit man has come to light in Haryana’s Karnal district. It is alleged that Shakht barged into the house of the accused belonging to upper caste wearing slippers and they found it exasperating. Due to this the Dalit man was beaten up and then he died.

According to the information, a person named Prem Chand in Churni village of Karnal used to work at a family’s house in the village itself for about 10 years. He works in the family farm, bathing buffaloes, milking them. The family is accused of beating Prem Chand to death. Because he had come to the house of the accused wearing slippers. It is alleged that when Premchand was badly beaten, no one even provided a vehicle till he was taken to the hospital. After the postmortem, the relatives have refused to take the dead body.

The police tried to convince the victims, but they did not agree. The police have also told the relatives that two accused have been taken into custody. But the relatives are still adamant on their demand that the accused be arrested soon.

What is the whole matter

Premchand (50), a resident of Churni village, used to work as a laborer with a family in the village itself. Everyday went to work on Saturday also. The son of the deceased says that when his father regained consciousness, he told that he had entered the house with slippers and because of that he was beaten up. He had also asked the accused to give him a vehicle so that he could be taken to the hospital, but the vehicle was not even given. Later Prem Chand was brought to a hospital in Karnal and from there he was referred to Chandigarh PGI. Later he died.

There is anger among the family members since the death. On Monday evening also, the family members had tried to block Rambha Chowk on the Karnal-Indri road, demanding the arrest of the accused, but the police sent them home after convincing them. The dead body was brought to Karnal late on Monday night itself. And but the relatives refused to take the dead body.

According to the police, two teams have been formed to investigate the matter. Based on the complaint of family members, a case has been registered against 3 people including the woman. The police is probing every aspect in this matter thoroughly. In the case of the death of the deceased Premchand, three people have been accused of murder.

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