UP: 4 arrested for running over Dalit woman for objecting to rash driving in Bulandshahr

The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested four men for allegedly running their SUV over a group of Dalits, who objected to their alleged rash driving in Bulandshahr, The Indian Express reported on Friday.

A woman, Sheela Devi, was killed and four others were injured in the incident, which took place on Tuesday.

The Dalit family was resting outside their home when a group of men from the Thakur community drove past them, the newspaper quoted the first information report as saying.

The 62-year-old woman’s son, Bhupendra Kumar, told The Indian Express that the family was resting outside the home because there was no electricity and that it was “not as if they were in the middle of the road”.

Kumar said that he, his mother and three family members were sitting outside their home when a car allegedly rushed past them very close. “The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road,” Kumar was quoted as saying.

He said that he had shouted at the vehicle, asking the driver to drive slower, the newspaper reported.

The car stopped and two men who were in the vehicle allegedly made casteist remarks at Kumar. They left following a brief argument, The Times of India reported.

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