NSA to be imposed against men suspected of murdering Dalit manlucknowUpdated: Sep 12, 2020 17:26 ISTThe assailants, who killed 30-year-old Dalit farmer Ram Vilas Rawat in Uttar Pradesh’s Malihabad, will be booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), Lucknow district magistrate Abhishek Prakash said on Saturday. Prakash, who visited Malihabad, also transferred Rs 5 lakh ex gratia into the bank account of Rawat’s widow, Suman Devi, after meeting the farmer’s family. Prakash promised the family a house under Gramin Awas Yojana and pension for Rawat’s widow and father. A district administration official said Prakash visited the family on Saturday sensing tension brewing in Dilawar Nagar under Malihabad tehsil since the killing of Rawat. The stringent National Security Act allows detention without trial for up to a year.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2020 11:48 UTC