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Gujarat govt forms Special Investigation Team to probe 2012 firing on Dalits
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision to constitute the three-member SIT to investigate the incident after receiving several representations from Dalit leaders, including those from his party, an official release said on Saturday.
Ahmedabad : Four years after three Dalit youths were killed in police firing in Surendranagar district, the BJP Government in Gujarat has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident, a move that came in the wake of outrage over Una dalit flogging incident.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision to constitute the three-member SIT to investigate the incident after receiving several representations from Dalit leaders, including those from his party, an official release said on Saturday.
The Government would also form a special designated court and appoint a special public prosecutor to expedite the case and announced an additional Rs 2 lakh compensation to the nearest kin of the victims, over and above what was decided earlier.
The opposition Congress reacted cautiously to the decision, saying it could turn out to be”eyewash to mislead the people" and demanded that the Goverment table the report of an earlier CID probe into the incident.
On the intervening night of September 22-23, 2012, three Dalit youths--Pankaj Sumra, Prakash Parmar and Mehul Rathod--were killed when police opened fire to disperse a violent mob to control a clash between Dalits and OBC Bharwad community members at Thangadh town in Surendranagar district.
The government had ordered a probe into the incident and a report was submitted to it by the then principal secretary of social justice and empowerment department, Sanjay Prasad. The report has not yet been made public.
