20 Gujjars charged with murder, sent to judicial custody

BHARATPUR (Rajasthan): Twenty Gujjars charged with murder in the wake of clashes with police on May 23, were on Monday sent to judicial custody by a court here, district SP Rohit Mahajan.
 
He said that of the 20 arrested on Sunday, 15 were held after being discharged from Swai Man Singh hospital in Jaipur, where they were undergoing treatment for their injuries. The other five were arrested from Bharatpur.
 
All the arrested were sent to judicial custody after they were produced before the district magistrate.
      
The Gujjars' violent agitation had begun at Karwadi-Pilupura on May 23 which left 17 people, including a policeman, dead.