Isha Soni | Jun 25, 2012 3:32pm EDT | 1min:00sec
Police in Rajkot, the fourth largest city in India's western state of Gujarat state, on Monday (June 25) beat protesters demanding justice for a Dalit who was murdered the previous day. The violence occurred a few days after a clash between Dalits, "untouchables" on the lower end of India's social scale, and members of Gujarat's Bharwad Hindu caste community.
Gunabhai Rathod, who had been arrested for his part in last week's clashes, was killed by unknown assailants on Sunday (June 24) after he was released from custody.
During Rathod's funeral Dalits and Bharwad community members clashed. Police officials rushed to the scene and baton charged the crowd and fired around 17 rounds of tear gas shells. Two police vehicles were damaged and five policemen were injured and hospitalized, reports said.
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