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Bhotmange on fast

MUMBAI: Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, lone survivor of the family that was killed last year in Khairlanji village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra, is on a hunger strike, demanding that the government set up a special court for speedy justice.

Bhotmange started his agitation on Tuesday evening in front of the Collector’s office. He is supported by various civil rights organisations and about 25 people are sitting with him.

Dilip Uke of the Nationalist Congress Party, with whom Mr. Bhotmange lives, told The Hindu from Bhandara that a memorandum was submitted to the Collector on September 29, first anniversary of the incident in which four members of his family were killed.

The memorandum demanded that a special court be set up to try the case. Mr. Bhotmange has set October 15 as the deadline.

Following the killings, the government transferred the case to the CBI and the agency filed a charge sheet in December.

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