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The State CID investigation in the case remained The State CID investigation in the case remainedinconclusive after the state probe agency filed a C-summaryreport. No chargesheet has been filed yet into the incident. Thangadh, located around 65 km from Rajkot,is famousfor the annual Tarnetar fair, held eight km from town nearthe temple of Trinetwshar Shiva temple. Reacting to the Government’s announcement, Congresssaid it appeared to be a move by the Government to misleadpeople and shield the real culprits in the face of theagitation against atrocities on Dalits getting intensified. "It has been a way with the BJP government thatwhenever agitation grows, it constitutes a committee toinvestigate an atrocity or a corruption case, mainly with theintention to mislead people and shield the real culprit.Such SITs only serve as an eyewash," Gujarat Congressspokesperson Manish Doshi said. "Good that the government has constituted an SIT toinvestigate Thangadh killings, but we would again demand fromthe government that the report of a previous investigationconducted by the state CID crime be placed on the table of thestate assembly for discussion," he said. Atrocities on Dalits have come in sharp focus afterseven persons from the community from Mota Samadhiyalavillage of Una tehsil of Gir Somnath district were brutallyassaulted by some self-styled cow vigilantes for skinning adead cow on July 11. The incident sparked wide-spread protests after videosof the beating went public. Several political leaders like Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BSPsupremo Mayawati had visited the victims in the hospital andtheir family members. PTI KA PD DK NMGSN