Damoh: A Dalit man and his mother and father have been shot lifeless in Madhya Pradesh allegedly by neighbours who had accused him of harassing the spouse of one of many attackers, the police stated. The incident was reported from Devran village of Damoh district on Tuesday morning.

An argument broke out between the 2 households on Monday night after the spouse of the principle accused, Jagdish Patel, alleged that Manak Ahirwar stalked her and infrequently stared at her, police stated. The argument, nonetheless, was seemingly resolved after some villagers intervened. The subsequent morning, a livid Jagdish Patel, together with 5 different males from his household, once more went to Manak Ahirwar’s house, this time with weapons, officers stated. A heated argument between the households escalated and the armed males fired at 30-year-old Manak, his mother and father and his youthful brother. While Manak and the aged couple died on the spot, his brother Mahesh Ahirwar is being handled on the hospital.

DR Teniwar, Superintendent of Police, Damoh stated Jagdish Patel has been arrested and a search is on for 5 extra, who’re lacking. ‘The entire incident allegedly happened over harassment of a woman from the Patel family’, Teniwar stated. He stated a case has been registered on a grievance filed by Mahesh Ahirwar itemizing costs of homicide, try to homicide and below a stringent legislation on crimes towards Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The killings have sparked protests within the space over the security of Dalits in Madhya Pradesh.