Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor and key witness in the 2006 Khairlanji massacre that had shaken the collective conscience, died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur yesterday
Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor and key witness in the 2006 Khairlanji massacre that had shaken the collective conscience, died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur yesterday. He was 62. Bhotmange, a resident of Khairlanji in Bhandara district was admitted to ICU of a Nagpur-based private hospital in afternoon, where he died at around 5 pm.
According to police, heart attack was the prima facie cause of his death. Confirming by Bhandara Superintendent of Police Vinita Sahoo. “His body has been sent for postmortem to ascertain exact cause of death,” Sahoo said.
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She said Bhotmange was admitted in general hospital in Bhandara in afternoon after he complained of uneasiness. "He was shifted to a private hospital in Nagpur as his condition deteriorated," the officer added.
The Khairlanji massacre refers to the murders of dalits by members of an influential community in the small village in east Maharashtra.
On September 29, 2006, four members of the Bhotmange family, including two women, were hacked to death in Khairlanji, in the fallout of a land dispute. The deceased included Bhotmange's wife, his daughter and two sons. The women of the family were sexually abused by the attackers before murder.
The incident had ignited massive protests by dalit community in the state. There were allegations that the local police shielded the perpetrators of the crime.
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