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Dalit killed brutally in Bhiwani village
Sushil Manav/TNS

Though the exact cause of the murder is not yet known and will be revealed only after investigations, family of the victim is linking the murder to an incident of November last year, when members of the upper caste stopped a Dalit youth of their family from riding a mare on his wedding, leading to tension in the village.

Jai Mal, a 20-year-old Dalit youth of Devsar village, was murdered last night.

The victim’s family, which learnt of the murder in the morning, alleged that the perpetrators of the crime first offered him alcohol and then killed him brutally by tying him to a tree and hitting him with a moving jeep several times.

The victim’s body bore rope marks on its neck as well, alleged the family members.

Raj Pal, the victim’s father, alleged that his son had been killed due to the old grudge the members of the upper caste had been nursing against their family, because they had highlighted the injustice done to them when a Dalit bridegroom from his family was stopped from riding a mare.

Bhiwani SP Simardeep Singh, has, however, denied that the incident has any caste connotations.