Dacoits Scare 300 Dalit Villagers, Rape 2 In Karauli

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JAIPUR/ALWAR: Nearly 300 dalit villagers went through the scariest five hours of their lives on Monday-Tuesday midnight. Four dacoits went on a rampage as they raped two women, injured several men and looted houses at Chaud Ka Kalan village in Karuali's dacoit-infested Chambal ravines, at least 250km from the city.



The five-hour long ordeal ended on a horrifying note early on Tuesday when the dacoits opened fire after they got to know that the villagers had called up the police. Local residents told TOI that a dacoit was shot dead in indiscriminate firing by another dacoit. Two villagers also sustained bullet injuries. The condition of one of them is stated to be serious. Several men were injured after they were beaten up with rifle butts.

 

According to villagers, a gang of four dacoits reached the village around Monday midnight. "They were armed with country-made rifles. Taking some villagers at gun point, they started beating them up with the rifle butts. They then barged into various houses and raped at least two married women while their family members were kept hostage at gun point," said a villager Ramesh Bairwa.

Scared villagers bolted themselves inside their huts as the dacoits let loose a reign of terror. Villagers kept dialling the numbers of two police stations, Sapotara and Karanpur, but the landlines were not working. They even contacted the local policemen, on their cellphones, but failed to get any response.



Police finally arrived at the spot around 5 am after the intervention of local public representative, said Ganpat Meena, former sarpanch.



Meanwhile, when the dacoits came to know that the villagers tried to contact police, "They opened fire indiscriminately. Mukesh Gujjar, a dacoit was shot in his chest and collapsed on the spot. Another dacoit Dhaniram Gujjar was "captured" by the villagers, while two others fled," said Bairwa.

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