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Dalit youth set on fire in Madhya Pradesh
Calcutta News.Net
Saturday 23rd August, 2008 (IANS)
A 24-year-old Dalit youth was burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district by few people, including a leader from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and is battling for life at a hospital, the police alleged Saturday.
The incident occurred late Friday evening when a few people reached the victim, Anna Meher's house around 10 p.m. They pulled him out of the house, poured kerosene and set him ablaze.
The police have registered a case against seven people - Sriram, Kishore, Vijay, Ravindra, Yogendra, Tukaram and Gajanan, who is a BJP leader.
'Earlier in the day Anna had a dispute with Gajanan Mahajan over some trivial issue. He has received third degree burns and has been sent to Indore's MY hospital for treatment where his condition is reported to be critical,' Rakesh Khakha, Burhanpur city superintendent of police, told IANS on phone.
While Sriram, Vijay and Tukaram have been arrested, the police are looking for the other suspects.
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