Gogamedi’s wife Sheela Shekhawat said, "Had you (administration) given security earlier, we wouldn’t have had to see this day. I call upon Rajputs from all across India… there will be a Rajasthan bandh tomorrow too."
BJP leader Rajendra Rathore, who visited the dharna site on Tuesday, told reporters at his residence that he was writing to the Union home minister for an NIA probe.
The Rajasthan assembly has passed a bill that prohibits protests with a family member s body, imposing a two-year jail term for violators. The bill aims to prevent the use of dead bodies to press unjustified demands and to provide dignity to the deceased.
Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena, who was sitting on a dharna for the last two days here demanding registration of an FIR in the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission scam, was detained on Thursday from the dharna site, even as his supporters protested.