Jaipur, Aug 30 (PTI) Police have detained three persons after the families of two youths killed in an accident alleged they were deliberately hit by the vehicle in Rajasthan's Deedwana-Kuchaman district, about 120 km from Jaipur.

The family alleged the two Dalit youths and their another companion had a scuffle with some people at a restaurant and that the killing was a fallout of this.

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Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra instructed Additional Director General-Crime Dinesh MN to visit Kuchaman for a probe.

The two youths were fatally hit by a four-wheeler near Kuchaman's Ranasar village on Monday night. They were riding a motorcycle which was hit multiple times by the vehicle.

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"Three suspects have been detained and are being interrogated,” a police official said.

According to the police, Raju and Chunnilal, residents of Parbatsar's Bidiyad village, died on the spot and a third youth, Krishnaram, was critically injured and is undergoing treatment in Jaipur.

The incident took place when they were returning from a fair.

The victims' family members have alleged the trio had gone to a restaurant for a dinner, where they got into an altercation with some people who deliberately hit their two-wheeler with their car.

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