Youth Congress leader Murali Yadav and his associate, Ramesh Yadav, key accused in the case of attacking three Dalit youths on Friday afternoon in Raichur, were arrested in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning and produced before the jurisdictional court in Raichur. Since the police did not seek police custody, they were taken into judicial custody.
Following a complaint lodged by Timmayya, one of the victims, a first information report (FIR) was registered at Netajinagar police station under various sections of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. After large number of youth from Harijanwada locality took to the streets demanding that the police book the accused on attempt to murder charges, the police incorporated Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code after obtaining fresh statements of victims and permission from the magistrate on Monday.
The attack on the dalit youth had triggered a group clash forcing the police to resort to laticharging and bursting teargas shells. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code were also imposed in disturbed localities on Saturday and Sunday.
Harish Yadav and Siddu Yadav, two more accused in the case, are yet to be nabbed. “Our team is after them,” Chetan Singh Rathod, Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu .
