Gujarat Dalit teen murdered in public

A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was to get married in two weeks, was stabbed to death in full public view in Gujarat after she refused to sit on the alleged murderers motorcycle, police said Thursday.

The incident took place in Bavla town of Ahmedabad district on Wednesday evening.

The victim, Mittal Jadav, was stabbed multiple times by the accused, Ketan Vaghela, when she refused to go with him on his motorbike, the police said, quoting from the complaint lodged by her father Ramesh Jadav.

Vaghela, along with his accomplices — Shravan and Dhanraj — was booked on charges of murder and also under various sections of the the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, said officials.

They said the probe has been handed over to Deputy Superintendent of Police (SC/ST Cell) P D Manvar.

A video of the incident surfaced on Thursday.

In the video, shot by a bystander, a person carrying knife can be seen running away from the spot, while the victim is lying unconscious and surrounded by onlookers.
The incident took place at around 6.30 pm when Mittal Jadav and her younger sister were shopping in a market near a bus stop, said Manvar.

The woman, whose marriage was fixed after two weeks, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad late Wednesday night, he said.

The motive behind the murder is not yet clear as the victim’s family members are in a shock and unable to speak about the gruesome incident, Manvar said.

First Published: May 09, 2019 23:14 IST