Lakkavva Basavaraju Gaikwad, age 38, lives in Devpurahatti village in Rayabhaga taluk of Belgaum district. He belongs to the Hindu Ganti caste, a Scheduled Caste nomadic community. He has two daughters and one son along with three children. The first of them, Swathi Basavaraju Gaikwad, aged 14, is studying in class 8. On 27/02/2026, at around 8:30 in the morning, Swathi Basavaraju Gaikwad, the daughter of Lakkavva Basavaraju Gaikwad, was lighting a pot outside her house. Then, in front of her, residing in the same village of Devpura Hattia, a 28-year-old youth named Hanumant Siddarama Maleda, belonging to the Kuruba community of the house, came driving a Bolero drunk. He got down from his car in a drunken state and watched as Swathi Basavaraju Gaikwad was lighting the pot. Then, the accused Hanumant ran to Swathi, grabbed Swathi's hand and dragged her away. Swathi screamed loudly in fear. At that time, Swathi's mother was working inside the house. When Swathi heard her screaming, she ran and saw her. Hanuman keeps saying that his hand is worth a lot. At that moment, Lakkava is shocked and he also shouts, "Leave my daughter." Then Hanuman, the accused, grabs Lakkava's hand, pulls her, tears her clothes, tears her panties, and beats her violently. Later, a case is registered in Raibagh taluk of Belgaum district on the same day.

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All the accused involved in the murder belong to upper castes and the deceased Sachin and the complainant who were attacked and all those who were with him belong to the Bhangi caste of the Scheduled Caste. All the accused live in the same area. On the day of the incident on 12/10/2024 at around 11.30 pm in Devichi Ali, Murbad area, 1) Sachin Parmar 2) Tulshiram Parmar 3) Ritik Singh 4) Siddhu Chavan 5) Dinesh Jadhav 6) Poonam Jadhav and complainant Nikhil were returning home after watching Garba on account of Navratri, when all the 9 accused stopped them on the way and told Nikhil that he should not stay in our area, he should immediately leave the house and go back from where he came and started fighting. When Sachin and Tulshiram tried to convince them not to fight, they started hitting Nikhil. When Sachin tried to stop them, they started hitting Sachin and Nikhil. When Sachin fell down, Sunny Shethe stabbed Sachin in the chest with the knife he had. When I went to pick up Sachin, he stabbed Nikhil in the back. The others were also stabbing him and ran away after stabbing him.
When Sachin and Nikhil were taken to the hospital, the doctor admitted Nikhil to the ICU and declared Sachin dead.

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The victims of this incident Mahadev Bansi Randive named as 1) Bhaiya alias Suraj Keshav Gore 2) Mahadev Dashrath Mane 3) Keshav Gore 4) Anil Kamble 5) Sajabai Kamble 6) Abhay Anil Kamble, all of these people for some reason deliberately tortured the deceased and his family by abusing them over the phone and by coming to his house, due to which the deceased got fed up of the atrocities and committed suicide. As per the statement of the deceased's nephew Nitin Chavan, they found the deceased's mobile phone in the same room where the deceased had hanged himself, in which a video was recorded by the deceased, taking the names of all these accused, saying that he was committing suicide because of the atrocities committed by the accused.

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The victim in the incident is 14 years old. She belongs to the A caste. Since the victim's father has passed away, she lives with her mother Laxmi and brother Pratik and studies in the 8th grade. The victim's mother and brother work as laborers in the fields. Their family survives on the income they earn.

Accused Babu alias Murari Shankar Patil belongs to Maratha (upper caste) living in the same village. On the day of the incident, the victim's brother Pratik had gone to Pandharpur three days ago. So he had told his cruel friend Murari about feeding his cows. So he came to feed the cows and saw that the victim was alone at home. Her mother had also gone to work in the fields. So taking advantage of this, the accused raped the victim. And threatened to kill the victim's mother if she told anyone and ran away. Thinking that something wrong has happened to her, the victim cut the veins of her hand with a blade. When her mother asked on coming home, she told her mother about the type of atrocity that happened to her. Since her mother was alone, the victim came to the police station with her mother along with some known people of the village and registered an FIR of the incident on the second day of the incident.

Social, Economic, Political and Educational Status of the Victims and Accused:
The victim, Akash Bajrang Kamble, resides with his family, including his mother Laxmi, father Bajrang Tukaram Kamble and wife Tanisha, at Samata Nagar Slum, near Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Putla, Dombivli East. The family belongs to an economically weaker background and depends on daily earnings for their livelihood.
On 02/08/2024, Ashwin Bajrang Kamble had gone for his routine work as a rickshaw driver. After returning home for lunch, he resumed his work at around 4:30 p.m. At approximately 7:30 p.m., he was attacked with a sharp weapon in front of Trimurti Enterprises and succumbed to his injuries.
During the fact-finding inquiry, it was revealed that the accused, Sunil Gopal Kamble, allegedly committed the murder of Ashwin Bajrang Kamble due to a previous dispute and longstanding enmity. The incident is reported to have occurred as a result of the accused holding a grudge over the earlier quarrel.