A Bharatpur court has recently sent 9 people to life imprisonment for being involved in a clash between 2 communities over 30 years ago that led to the death of 16 Scheduled Caste people.
The clash between the Jat and the Jatav communities on June 6, 1992, led to the death of 16 people while 40 were injured. All the dead and injured belong to the Jatav community.
CBI then probed the case and filed a charge sheet against 83 people belonging to the Jat community under relevant sections of the IPC and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Advocate Rajendra Srivastava stated that 33 accused died during the course of the trial, adding 9 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment while 41 were acquitted.
