MEERUT, July 11 -- Security has been significantly tightened in a village under the Rohta police station area following the murder of a student from Dalit community, with authorities sealing all major entry points to restrict the access of outsiders, political leaders and the media. According to officials, the lockdown aims to prevent further escalation of tensions following intense protests earlier this week. The body of a 20-year-old student was found in a sugarcane field in Meerut on May 17. While police have arrested the prime accused locals and Dalit organisations gathered at the Meerut Collectorate on Thursday to demand justice and the arrest of remaining co-conspirators. Authorities subsequently registered cases against several individuals for alleged unlawful assembly, road blockades and violence, with some suspects already remanded to judicial custody. The situation turned politically volatile following reports that the victim's family members were mistreated during a police baton charge, and an allegation that a lawyer was assaulted by an officer during the protests. Amid rising scrutiny, Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad announced plans to visit the victim's family. On Friday afternoon, police intercepted his convoy at the Sivaya Toll Plaza. Following a tense verbal exchange, the victim's family was brought to the toll plaza's control room to meet the MP. Azad interacted with the victim's mother and sister, assuring them of assistance in their pursuit of justice. A Congress delegation was blocked by police at Rasna Ashram intersection. htc...