Ahmedabad, A prompt action has been taken by the Gujarat Government against people accused of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) at Una in Gir Somnath district.

As per the statement, “the accused have been arrested and sent to jail, while the government ordered that a charge sheet be filed within 60 days."

For further investigation, the case has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID-Crime) and the four policemen have been suspended.

The statement said, “On 11, July, 2016 few people were caught removing skin from a cow carcass at the Bediya village of Gir Somnath. Five accused came in Xylo car and asked them, ‘why were they slaughtering the cow?’ Victims replied that they were removing the skin of the cow carcass”.

“The accused were not satisfied with the explanation of victims and they immediately started abusing and beating them. All accused collectively beat complainant with the iron pipe, sticks, aluminum strip, etc. The accused robbed three mobile phones of the complainant and other victims,” it added.

The convicts were charged under sections 307, 323, 324, 395, 504 of the Indian Penal Code, section 135, section 3 (2) (v) of the Gujarat Police Act and Prevention of Atrocities against six persons.