Haryana: 9-month-old baby and two-year-old child burnt alive in attack on Dalit family

Two children of a Dalit family were burnt alive in Faridabad district of Haryana on early Tuesday morning as a result of alleged revenge attack.

According to the Hindustan Times, members of a Rajput family threw petrol on the house of the Dalit family and set it ablaze. The resultant fire charred two kids, a nine-month-old boy and a two-and-half-year-old girl, while the parents sustained grave burn injuries.

The attack has created a tense situation in Ballabgarh area of Faridabad. Police suspect the attack to be a fallout of 11 people being arrested for a murder in the same area. “Those who were victims in last year’s case are the accused in today’s case. The victims in today’s case named the accused and we registered a case against them,” said Subhash Yadav, told the Hindustan Times.

An FIR has been registered under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the police are on the lookout for suspects.