The father of a Dalit man who was allegedly beaten to death last month after his motorcycle hit a woman in Rajasthan's Alwar district has committed suicide, police said on Friday.
They said Ratiram Jatav (60) consumed a poisonous substance on Thursday, a month after his son died at a Delhi hospital.
Harish (28) had sustained serious head injuries on July 16 after he was allegedly thrashed by a group of men when his motorcycle hit the woman.
No suicide note has been recovered and Ratiram's body has been kept at a hospital's mortuary for post-mortem, Chaupanki police station in-charge Vijay Kumar Chandel said.
His family members on Friday refused to get the post-mortem conducted. They held a protest at Alwar's Tapukda Community Healthcare Centre, demanding compensation and a job for one of the family members.
Alwar Superintendent of Police Anil Paris Deshmukh said Ratiram's family has demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore.
He added that the accused in Harish's killing have been booked under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the investigation is underway.
Blaming the Congress-led Rajasthan government for the incident, state BJP spokesperson Satish Punia demanded a CBI inquiry into Harish's killing.
"Ratiram committed suicide as he was disappointed over not getting justice for his son. Accused named in the FIR have not been arrested even after a month of Harish's death," Punia said at a press conference.
"It seems that protection of Dalits and majority community is not the state government's priority. The government tried to sweep the matter under the carpet by giving Rs 4 lakh compensation (to Harish's family)," he added.
Punia claimed that the police booked the accused under section 302 of the IPC only after the local leaders protested.