Murder of tribal Bhil herdsman in Jodhpur: Relatives sitting on dharna outside government hospital, demanding arrest of accused
Rajasthan. A murder case of Revantram, a 58-year-old shepherd of Bhil caste, has come to light from Jodhpur, the home district of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. No one knows who the killer is. Bap police station has registered a case of murder against the unknown on the report of Nakhtaram Bhil, son of deceased Revantram regarding the incident.
On the other hand, the relatives of the deceased have refused to get the post-mortem done demanding the arrest of the murderer. The dead body of Revantram Bhil, who died for about 36 hours, is kept in the mortuary of Mathura Das Mathur Hospital of Jodhpur district headquarters. The relatives of the villagers are sitting on a dharna outside the mortuary.
Suddenly attacked from behind, left him dead and ran away
Ishwar Singh Bhil, a family member of the deceased Revantram Bhil, told The Mooknayak that the deceased seems to be his paternal uncle. Like normal days, on Monday morning, he went to the forest to graze his sheep and goats. He was grazing goats in Rohi near Sihad village of Bap police station area between 9 am to 10 am, about five hundred meters away from the main road on the Sihad-Raida road. An unknown person who came on a motorcycle from behind hit Revantram with a big stone on his head.
Ishwar Singh Bhil told The Mooknayak that before his death, his uncle Revantram, while narrating the incident to his family members, had said that after suddenly being attacked from behind, he turned and saw that the bike-borne miscreant attacked him with a weapon like an iron rod. Got hurt in the head. Due to this he fell down. The accused attacked the one who was lying down. After this, sitting on the chest, strangled him. Thinking that he was dead, the accused ran away with the motorcycle.
Ran for one kilometer in an injured state and sought help from a relative
Ishwar Singh said that Tau Revantram’s body was bleeding after the attack. Despite being seriously injured, he ran for about a kilometer shouting for help. With great difficulty he reached the relative working on the tube well. On the information of the relative, other family members reached the spot. From here, put Revantram on four pies and brought him to the main road. From here, with the help of a vehicle, he was taken to the government hospital in Phalodi. When the situation was critical, he was referred to Jodhpur.
Ishwar Singh says that Revantram was admitted to Mathura Das Mathur Hospital in Jodhpur. He died here on Tuesday morning after overnight treatment. Dozens of villagers from the village reached Jodhpur’s Mathuradas Mathur Hospital as soon as they heard the news of the death. The villagers along with their relatives refused to conduct the post-mortem. The strike has been going on for more than 36 hours demanding the arrest of the accused. The police is explaining, but the relatives are adamant on demanding the arrest of the first accused.
Revantram used to graze goat since childhood
If the villagers are to be believed, Revantram’s son Alsiram Bhil used to graze goats in the village since the age of 8 years. He also used to take the goats of other people of the village for grazing. The livelihood of the family was going on with the wages received from this.
The villagers say that he had 80 sheep and goats on the day of the incident. More than a dozen goats went missing after the attack. However, the Bap police station has clearly denied that the goat has gone missing. Revantram was a friendly person. The village was not at loggerheads with anyone.
SP saw the incident site, FSL collected evidence
Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Singh has also taken seriously the case of Revantram Bhil being attacked and murdered by an unknown person. After the incident, SP Singh Phalodi, along with Acting Additional Superintendent of Police Kailashdan, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramkaran Singh Malinda, Bap Police Jabte and FSL team reached the spot. Where the spot was inspected and evidence collected. Took information about the incident after talking to family members and villagers. The Dog Quoid team also tried to collect evidence at the spot.
The dead body will be picked up after the arrest of the accused
Ishwar Singh Bhil, a relative of Revantram Bhil, told The Mooknayak that we have no demands. The police should arrest the person who killed Revantram. We will all go with the dead body. Till the accused is not arrested. We will sit on dharna outside the mortuary.
Father police station officer Samarveer Singh is investigating the Revantram murder case. The Mooknayak spoke to the investigating officer Singh regarding the incident . Singh said that from the evidence found at the scene of the incident and from the information received from the family members, preliminary investigation has revealed that Revantram was attacked with weapons like stones and other rods or sticks. He died during treatment at Mathura Das Mathur Hospital in Jodhpur.
SHO Singh said that the body has been kept in the mortuary, but the family is not ready for the postmortem. He said that the relatives are demanding the arrest of the first accused. We are giving advice.
SHO said it is blind murder. According to the relatives, the bike rider has been told to attack. In such a situation, they are investigating from all angles. Will also take technical help in the investigation. The SHO said that the matter of goat theft has not come before us. A case has been registered under the sections of murder.
