A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering a mentally challenged elderly person in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. A video has surfaced online in which the accused Dinesh Kushwaha, 38, is seen repeatedly slapping the victim Bhanwarlal Jain (65) asking if his name was “Mohammad”.
Jain was a resident of Sarsi village in Ratlam district of the State. He went missing on May 16 after visiting a religious programme at Chittorgarh in Rajasthan, police said. His body was found on Thursday evening on Rampura Road under the jurisdiction of Manasa police station, 38 km from the Neemuch district headquarters. The alleged video is suspected to have been shot in the early hours of Thursday.
"After performing the last rites of the deceased, his family members came to know about a video which showed the purported assault and informed police," said K.L. Dangi, in-charge of Manasa police station. Police registered a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 302 (murder) and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), and launched a probe. A hunt was launched for the accused who was arrested on Saturday evening.
