Somnath Suryavanshi killed as he was Dalit and protecting Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

PARBHANI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed Somnath Suryavanshi was killed because he was a Dalit and was protecting the Constitution, in the wake of the desecration of its replica in Maharashtra’s Parbhani.

Police killed Suryavanshi, and it was a ”cent per cent custodial death”, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged after meeting Suryavanshi’s family members in Parbhani.

Talking to reporters, Gandhi said he met Suryavanshi’s family members who showed him the post-mortem report, as well as some photographs and videos.