UP: 4 arrested for running over Dalit woman who objected to rash driving

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 very close to them, the newspaper quoted the first information report as saying.

The woman’s son, Bhupendra Kumar, told The Indian Express: “The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road.”

Kumar said that he, his mother and three family members had been resting outside the home because there was no electricity and that it was “not as if they were in the middle of the road”.

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.

Six men carrying weapons returned to the site in an SUV and allegedly ran over the family, according to the FIR.

“They drove at full-speed…the car stopped after running over my mother and then...

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