Rohtak, July 19 -- More than a week after a 16-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by jumping from the terrace of a building while trying to evade the police in Hisar, his family on Friday performed his last rites after the Haryana government agreed to accept their five demands on Thursday.

The family members of deceased Ganesh Kumar were protesting since his death on July 7 while accusing the police of killing him.

Minister for social justice and empowerment Krishan Kumar Bedi said that the family agreed to call-off the standoff and cremate the boy's body after the state government accepted their five demands.

"Our government accepted their demand of registering an FIR in Ganesh's death and an impartial investigation will be conducted b...