Sikar Shootout: Rajasthan MP Beniwal, Other Leaders End Dharna After Govt Agrees To Demands

The government agreed to arrest all accused in the case, and constitute a Special Investigation Team monitored by an inspector general- and superintendent of police-rank officers to probe the case.

New Delhi: Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal and his supporters called off the dharna demanding security for the family members of slain gangster Raju Theth and witnesses of the shootout after the government agreed to their demands, as reported by the news agency PTI. The government also agreed to arrest all accused in the case, and constitute a Special Investigation Team monitored by an inspector general- and superintendent of police-rank officers to probe the case.

The government also agreed to provide Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of Tarachand Kadwasara who was also killed in the shootout and free MBBS education to his daughter, and Rs 50,000 to a driver who received bullet injuries in the incident. Beniwal, a Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader, said he was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting held late on Sunday.

The agitation against the shootout in Rajasthan’s Sikar turned violent as the protesters broke police barricades on Sunday evening, news agency ANI reported. According to the report, the protesters demanded security for the family of slain gangster Raju Thet and government jobs, and financial aid for the kin of deceased civilian Tarachand Jaat.

Theth was killed on Saturday in a hail of bullets outside his house. Kadwasara, who had gone to meet his daughter studying in a coaching institute, was also hit by bullets and died. The assailants fired at him snatched his car key and fled in the vehicle from the spot.

The police have arrested five accused, including a minor. The family members of Theth and Kadwasara on Saturday had refused to accept the bodies and started a dharna outside the government hospital mortuary. Congress MLA Mukesh Bhakar had also sat on dharna.

On Sunday, Beniwal and Sikar MP Sumedhanand Saraswati, too, joined the dharna and raised demands. The first round of talks failed after which the agitated people marched towards the collector's residence. Beniwal, BJP leader Sumedhanand and Ladnu (Nagaur) MLA Mukesh Bhakar then held another round of talks with collector Amit Yadav, SP Kunwar Rashtradeep, and other officers.

Collector Amit Yadav, too, reiterated the assurances to the people present there. Some of MLA Bhakar's supporters said they wanted to hear from him as he belongs to the ruling party. To this, the MLA said Beniwal had already made things clear and he had nothing to add. Sumedhanand said the deadlock had ended and that the postmortem of the bodies would be carried out on Monday.

(With agencies Inputs)