01-03-2007, 03:37 PM
<b>Khairlangi massacre: 13 more granted bail</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It was alleged that <b>Khairlangi tragedy could have been averted had the administration and the police been sensitive and taken timely action</b>. The incident sparked violent protests in various parts of the state and the state government finally handed over the probe to the CBI.
The district police and the state CID, the then investigation agencies, arrested 46 villagers including the sarpanch Upasrao Khandate and deputy sarpanch, Urkunda Khurpe of Khairlangi.
However, the CBI which filed the chargesheet before the court a few days ago framed only 11 villagers in the murder case while found several of them innocent.
Both, the sarpanch and his deputy were not figured in the CBI list of accused, and hence they also got the bail from the court on Tuesday, according to reports reaching Nagpur on Wednesday.
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the state government provided a <b>monetary compensation of Rs 12.5 lakh and a job to the victim</b>, Bhaiyyalal, the lone surviour of the Bhotmanage family.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The district police and the state CID, the then investigation agencies, arrested 46 villagers including the sarpanch Upasrao Khandate and deputy sarpanch, Urkunda Khurpe of Khairlangi.
However, the CBI which filed the chargesheet before the court a few days ago framed only 11 villagers in the murder case while found several of them innocent.
Both, the sarpanch and his deputy were not figured in the CBI list of accused, and hence they also got the bail from the court on Tuesday, according to reports reaching Nagpur on Wednesday.
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the state government provided a <b>monetary compensation of Rs 12.5 lakh and a job to the victim</b>, Bhaiyyalal, the lone surviour of the Bhotmanage family.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->