Ballabhgarh: Seven arrested for killing Dalit kids

7 policemen, who were part of a team deployed for the security of Dalits in the village were suspended

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ANI Faridabad
Last Updated : Oct 22 2015 | 12:40 PM IST

Seven accused have been arrested so far for the death of two Dalit children who were burnt alive at Sunperh village in Ballabhgarh.

The children, aged two-and-a-half years and eleven months, died after their house was set on fire.

Seven policemen, who were part of a team deployed for the security of Dalits in the village about a year ago after a similar attack, were suspended.

The children's family has said that they will not perform their last rites till all the accused are punished.

Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar had earlier asked the political parties to refrain from giving the Ballabhgarh immolation incident a political colour, adding that it should not be looked through the prism of caste politics.

Meanwhile, the Congress asserted that the incident was a miserable failure of law and order situation and the government machinery in Haryana.

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First Published: Oct 22 2015 | 12:18 PM IST

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