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Dalit Youth Sagar Shejwal Brutally Killed for Keeping Mobile Ringtone of Babasheb Song in Shirdi -Rahata Block in Ahamadnagar District (Code: MH-AN-05, Date: 16-May-2015 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | NDMJ - Maharastra |
| Case code | MH-AN-05 |
| Case year | 16-May-2015 |
| Type of atrocity | Murder |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | No |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 16-May-2015 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Ahmednagar(DP) State: Maharashtra |
| Police station | SHIRDI |
| Complaint date | 16-May-2005 |
| FIR date | 16-May-2015 |
Case brief
Case summary
Deceased Sagar Shejwal aged 22 years, belonging to scheduled caste was the student of nursing course at Nasik. On 15th May 2015, he came to his native place Shirdi for attending the marriage of one relative.
On dated 16th May 2015, deceased Sagar Shejwal went to Vijay Nagar Shirdi for attending the marriage of sister of Rohit Magar along with his friend Avi and Satish @ Balu Gaikwad. At about 12 pm deceased Sagar asked Satish to go out to discuss something and deceased Sagar along with Satish and Avi went to B.M.Beer Shop on motor cycle. Avi purchased one beer and all three went back to beer shop at about 1.30 pm. Perpetrators Vishal Kote, Rupesh Wdekar, Somnath Wadekar, Sunil Jadhav,Rama Jadhav and Dipak all not belonging to SC or ST were sitting and drinking beer. Suddenly the mobile ring tone of Babasaheb song “tumhi kitihi lava shakti, tumhi kitihi ladhva yukti, tumhi kitibi kara re hall..lay majbut bhimacha killa” was ranged therefore perpetrator Vishal Kote asked the name to deceased Sagar. Asoon as he informed his name as “Sagar Shejwal” all perpetrators started beating deceased Sagar with kicks and fist, Perpetrator Vishal Kote assaulted with the beer bottle on the head of deceased Sagar. When Satish Gaikwad tried to save the deceased Sagar, perpetrator Vishal Kote threatened him and Somnath Wadekar and other three beaten him and caught hold pressing towards wall. Thereafter Vishal Kote and Rupesh Wadekar took deceased Sagar on one motorbike no. MH 12-2424 and went towards Savalivihir. Thereafter all these six perpetrators dragged him to Shingve Shivar-land of Sheti Mahamandal and made naked to deceased Sagar and brutally killed with weapons and driven the vehicle on his naked body and also robed his golden chain.
The FIR vide crime No. I-103/2015 is lodged with Shirdi PS on 16/05/2015 at about 5.45pm under sections 363,366, 143,147, 148, 149 of IPC. Shirdi Police got the information from Rahata Police Station around 10 pm that deceased Sagar and found his naked dead body in Shingve Shivar-land of Sheti Mahamandal. Thereafter the uncle of deceased Sagar Mr.Babasaheb Shejwal given the statement to Shirdi Police and the Shirdi Police sent the dead body for postmortem to Rahata Civil Hospital.
Later on, as the statement was given by the uncle Babasaheb Shejwal, the atrocity sections of 3(2)(v) POA & IPC sections 302, 395, 109, 201 were added.