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Dalits protest killing of family

Vehicles set on fire; police respond with lathicharge, teargas shells

Nagpur: The killing of four members of a Dalit family in Bhandara district of Maharashtra on Monday sparked violent protests by Dalits, who set on fire several vehicles and fought pitched battles with the police. At least 15 persons were arrested in connection with arson and violence, police said. The protesters set on fire several vehicles, including a police van and state transport buses, at the Indora locality here, they said.

"The police resorted to cane charge and fired about 45 teargas shells to disperse the protesters," Additional Commissioner of Police Bhushan Kumar Upadhyaya told PTI here on Monday night. He said some policemen received minor injuries in stone pelting. The number of Dalits injured in the lathicharge was unknown.

Four members of a Dalit family were allegedly killed by non-Dalits at Khairlanji in Bhandara district two months ago. The Government on Monday ordered a CID probe into the incident, Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil said in Mumbai. Trouble broke out when the protesters burnt tyres to block traffic on the busy Nagpur-Jabalpur National Highway. — PTI

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