MP: Slain Dalit youth's sister dies under mysterious circumstances

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Anjana Ahirwar, who filed a lawsuit in August of last year, claimed that her brother, a Dalit, had been beaten to death by those who were forcing her to make a settlement in a harassment case, passed away on Sunday after she fell from an ambulance in Sagar that was transporting her uncle's body. It is noteworthy that Rajendra Ahirwar, Anjana's uncle, was fatally beaten on Saturday night due to a long-standing enmity, according to police sources. Additional Superintendent of Police Lokesh Sinha informed reporters that Rajendra Ahirwar, 24, passed away from wounds he had received during a fight between two groups inside the boundaries of the Khurai police station.

Notably, Congress politician Digvijaya Singh staged a sit-in protest in Barodia Nonagir village on August 24, 2023, after Anjana Ahirwar claimed that her brother Nitin Ahirwar, also known as Lalu, had been assassinated on the same day by some individuals who had previously harassed her. "Anjana fell from the ambulance carrying the body of Rajendra Ahirwar to their village after the postmortem in Sagar. Their family members were accompanying the body," said Sinha. When asked if Rajendra Ahirwar was killed due to pressure for compromise in the old case, Sinha said all facts would come out during the investigation. Nitin Ahirwar was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people over an old enmity in Sagar district last August.

Anjana Ahirwar filed a formal complaint after her brother passed away, claiming that her brother was killed because she was being pressured by someone to settle the harassment case. State Congress chairman Jitu Patwari, meanwhile, said in a tweet that Rajendra Ahirwar was attacked by five individuals who put pressure on him to settle a previous case. "Seriously injured Rajendra died while being taken to Bhopal for treatment and the body was handed over to the relatives after post-mortem on May 26," he claimed. "In the hearse, the driver, the deceased's niece Anjana Ahirwar and the deceased's parents left for Barodia Nonagir. Anjana fell from the hearse at Khurai Bypass and died (sic)," he stated. Patwari claimed Anjana's brother was publicly murdered in Barodia Nonagir in August and her family is still awaiting justice. "The law and order has deteriorated in the state under chief minister Mohan Yadav, who also holds the home portfolio. This crisis is not only in Sagar but in every district of the state. The law and order system has become a joke which is boosting the morale of criminals but the government is silent," the Congress leader alleged.

(With Inputs from PTI)