Overview
- Former MLA Atar Singh Bhadana was attacked at his stone-crusher site and later died at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital after being taken there from Weir following the Sunday night confrontation.
- A medical board’s post-mortem reported more than 40 injury marks, multiple fractures and a deep head wound as the cause of death while X-rays and initial examinations found no confirmed gunshot wound.
- Bhadana’s wife lodged a murder FIR naming about 30 accused and alleging assault, stone-pelting, firing and arson alongside 50–60 unidentified persons.
- Police say they have sealed the scene, an FSL team has examined the site, teams have been formed and some suspects detained as raids and searches continue.
- The killing has amplified local anger over a years-long dispute about the mining lease and alleged encroachment of pasture land, prompted calls for removal of senior Bharatpur police officers and produced demands for a CBI probe.