6 held for attacking Dalits with acid in Jhansi village

JHANSI: Over two dozen people suffered burn injuries after they were attacked with acid by another group following a dispute over filling water from a hand pump in Basaar village under Uldan police station in Jhansi on Tuesday night.
Five people suffered serious injuries and were rushed to Jhansi medical college while police registered an FIR against six people and arrested them.All the injured are from the Scheduled Caste community. SSP Jhansi Dinesh Kumar P said, “We have arrested all the six accused of community. Additional police force has been deployed in the village to prevent any unwanted incident while detailed investigation is on.” All the victims with acid burns had been discharged from the CHC and Jhansi medical college. The accused belong to 'sunar' (goldsmith) caste. SP city Rahul Srivastava told TOI, “Initial probe has revealed that the two groups had some disputes over the time and a minor incident escalated into a clash.”
As per details, there are only two hand pumps in Basaar village. The incident took place when one Angoori Devi went to fetch water from the hand pump which was opposed by one of the accused Rajesh. This led to an argument which escalated soon as people from both sides gathered. As the argument heated up, a crowd collected around the house of the accused who threw acid on them from the roof. One accused was caught by the victims and thrashed severely while locals informed police about the clash and acid attack.