Rajasthan: Policemen thrashed by villagers after womans murder in Deeg district, video goes viral

In a shocking incident, a number of policemen were brutally thrashed by Kakda village in Deeg district of Rajasthan after the murder of a woman. The 42-year-old woman was allegedly burnt in a cow dung stack. When the villagers were taking the woman to the cremation ground for the final rites, the police tried to stop them which angered the villagers. This led to a clash and the villagers thrashed the cops. The incident took place under Khoh police station area.

On Tuesday afternoon around 12 pm, the victim Sarla Devi was set ablaze and killed.

Following the police thrashing, Additional SP Akhilesh Sharma and SO Manish Gurjar arrived at the scene along with a large police force to maintain law and order.

The body of Sarla has been kept in the mortuary of Deeg Hospital. As victim's relatives got the information about the incident, they reached the hospital and accused Sarla’s husband Ashok and his family of the murder.

A large contingent of police has been deployed in the Kakda village. The police are still investigating the reasons behind the murder. Deceased Sarla’s parental home lies in Ronija village. She got married to Ashok in 2005. Sarla did not have any children.

"My sister Sarla got married in 2005 to Ashok, who is a resident of Kakda. As Sarla did not have children, my sister was regularly harassed and beaten by Ashok. We tried several times to reconcile the couple, but after some time, the abuse would start again. Today, he set my sister ablaze in the cow dung structure (Bitora) and began performing the last rites. We were unaware of this. When we found out, we rushed to Kakda, but before we could reach, the police had already taken my sister’s body to Deeg Hospital," Sarla’s brother Vikrant said.