Rajasthan: Man strangled to death for refusing Holi colours in Dausa
The angry family members and villagers later staged a protest with Hansraj's body, blocking a national highway in the area that continued till 1 am on Thursday.
PTI

Jaipur, 13 Mar
A 25-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death in Rajasthan's
Dausa district for trying to stop three men from applying colour on him ahead
of Holi, police said on Thursday.
The incident was reported
from Ralwas village on Wednesday evening when Ashok, Bablu and Kaluram reached
a local library to apply colour on Hansraj, who was preparing for competitive
exams there, officials said.
As Hansraj refused to be
smeared with colours, the trio kicked him and thrashed him with belts, before
one of them strangled him to death, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP)
Dinesh Agarwal said.
The angry family members and
villagers later staged a protest with Hansraj's body, blocking a national
highway in the area that continued till 1 am on Thursday.
The protesters demanded a
compensation of Rs 50 lakh to Hansraj's family, a government job to one member
of the family, and immediate arrest of the accused trio.
The body was finally removed from the highway after police assurance.
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