Gujarat: A 21-year-old Dalit man died after men belonging to the upper-caste Patel community beat him and ‘banged his head with a wall’, for attending a garba event, in Gujarat’s Anand district.
The incident happened on Saturday and police has that it has arrested eight accused in the case.
Media reports said that Jayesh Solanki, a resident of Vankarvas area in Bhadraniya village, had gone to see the Navaratri festivities near the local temple when he was allegedly accosted by Sanjay Patel alias Bhimo with Chintan Patel, Jignesh Patel, Rutvik Patel, Vickey Patel, Dhaval Patel, Ripen Patel and Dipesh Patel, all residents of the same village, reportedly beat him up, and had Patel youths had told Dalits that they “do not have any right to watch garba”.
Jayesh, whose head was reportedly banged against a wall, suffered multiple injuries and fell unconscious. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
