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Woman Ward Member Abused In Training Venu
- Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
- Date of incident: 17-11-2006
- Create date: 22-03-2014
- State:: Bihar
- District:: SAHARSA
- Police station:: Salkhuwa
- Chargesheet:: F.I.R- 03.01.07, No. 02/07, u/s 341,324,379,504,506,34 IPC & 3/4 of SC/ST (PoA) Act., No Chargesheet
- Summary::
Sunita Devi (35) W/o Suresh Mochi (40), the resident of Gouriwari village, Gourdah G.P, Salkhua P.S, Saharsa District, Bihar, belongs to Scheduled Caste (Mochi) community. Salkhua P.S, Saharsa District of State Bihar is about 500 kms away from its State capital Patna. On 17th Nov’06 the District administration of Saharsa organized a training program on Panchayati Raj at District Headquarter, Patel ground for all Pachayat representatives of the District. Sunita Devi, the ward member (ward No-15) from Gourdah Panchayat and her husband Suresh Mochi also participated in the program.
After the training Monoj Yadav H/o Nilan Devo, the Sarpanch of Gourdah G.P, belonging to Dominant Caste was distributing food packets and Panchayati Raj books. When Sunita Devi asked for food packet and Panchayat Raj book to Monoj Yadav he said that being a Dalit how dare you are to talk to me like this? (lkyk gfjtu pekj rqe pekj gksdj gels eqg yxkrk g)
In reply Sunita Devi said that food packets and Panchayat Raj books are provided by the administration, it is a right of each member to obtain it.
This statement of Sunita Devi was very much irritating for Lalbahadur Singh; the Gourdah G.P member. He said to the other members of Dominant Caste those who were present there that how dare she is to retort like this being a Dalit woman (Chamar), let us gouge out her eyes. lkyk pekj gksdj bruk cksyrk gS lkys pekj dks vWk[k fudky yks . Unexpectedly, Monoj Yadav attacked Suresh Mochi with a knife on his left eyebrow. He sustained terrible bleeding from his eyebrow.
After the incident at 7.00 p.m Monoj Yadav, H/o of Nilam Devi, along with his other 3/4 supporters followed the couple putting mask on their faces while the victim couple were on their way back home. They met the couple on the way in between Salakhua village and Gouriwari village. They slapped Suresh Mochi 3/4 times and snatched Rs 500/- and a watch from him and threatened them with dire consequences if they reported the matter to anyone. The victims went to lodge complaint in the Salkhuwa P.S but the Incharge advised them to solve the matter through Panchayat instead of registering FIR. Later on Suresh Mochi lodged complaint in Saharsa court on 02.12.06. The assailants have been scot-free; the police have not arrested them till now.
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Displacement of 40 Dalits families by government to set up degree college- Ustehad
- Posted by: NCDHR- NDMJ, Himachal Pradesh
- Date of incident: 15-11-2006
- Create date: 28-11-2013
- State:: Himachal Pradesh
- District:: KANGRA
- Police station:: Baijanath
- Summary:: The incident of displacement took place at Ustehad village, Thesil Bajnath of District Kangda in H.P. In the village there are 40 Dalit families have been living since last 50-60 years. Most of the families belong to below poverty line. The government filed a notice on 5th November 2006 and asked all these 40 families to vacate the area because a degree college is being constructed adjacent to Dalit hamlet. When the villagers objected to the notice of the government, the S.D.M went to Kanta Devi who is the village president and demanded for an N.O.C. but she refused. Among these 40 families few of them have got these houses under Gandhi Kutir Yojna and some of them got through Indra Awaz Yojna. When theses villagers were granted this land to construct their houses, they were allotted measured land but not patta (land document). All the basic commodities like water, electricity etc has been provided by the government. The villagers have been giving house tax, water and electricity bills to the government time to time. The government believes that theses villagers have encroached government land and been living illegally. The villagers approached C.M of the state. They were ready to give away their land with a condition that the government has to rehabilitate them; however the C.M of the state has not given any response to it till now. The 40 Dalit families which are asked to evict the village are living at Ward no. 01, at Ustehad, under Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh since 1962. The pieces of land were given to these families by the state government. The dimensions of the land area was decided/ measured by Patwari. In 1974, the government announced that this land area is given to the 40 Dalit families forever. The 40 families comprise of SC and ST communities. Their economic situation is very bad but the government paid no attention except providing them electricity and a few hand pumps for their drinking water. A few families have even been granted with the Indira Awas. The majority of the Dalit population there depends upon their daily wages. The government has provided the families with no proof of the ownership for their land. It is now therefore seen as unused land area and under the demand for building a Degree College by the local MLA Sudhir Sharma, the govt. granted for the area without doing any survey of the area. In building up of a Degree college, 35 “karnal,” of the land area is needed in which 28 “karnal rakba” is empty and 25 “karnal rakba” contains 40 Dalit families. Since Dalits are given no proof for their ownership of the land, they are ordered for the eviction from the land area. Dalits enjoyed living in the area since 1962. But their happiness was lynched when the notice for the eviction from the place came from the desk of SDM Sandeep Kumar on 15.11.2006 and ordered to evacuate their houses by 29.11.2006. Since then the villagers all SC and ST communities are begging for their livelihood and safety. They wrote their petitions for the exemptions of their houses to various personnel like SDM (civil), the village Panchayat officer at Ustehad, the Tahsildar, panchayat Inspector, etc. but Dalits meted only with discouragements. Only petitions are submitted by the Dalits of the village and no complain is registered yet. The voice of the Dalits are not heard else are asked to evict the place leaving their houses. The college is under construction. The villagers have not vacated and have applied for a stay order, but they haven’t got any stay order.
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Police Personnel Tortured a Pregnant Dalit Woman
- Posted by: NDMJ-UP
- Date of incident: 15-11-2006
- Create date: 29-11-2013
- State:: Uttar Pradesh
- District:: HARDOI
- Police station:: Shahavad
- Summary:: Ramshree (33) W/o Mohendra (35) is the resident of Tahirpurwa village under Shahavad P.S, Hardoi District- Uttar Pradesh. On 15th Nov’ 06 at about 7 a. m Radhe Syam from Rengwa village, P.S Majhila, Janpad Hardoi came with Constable Shyam Saran Tiwari, and other 4 police from Shahavad P.S went to her house while she was engaged in manual work. Without warning they kicked the door of Smt. Ramshree open and entered into the house. Shyam Saran Tiwari, the constable kicked and beat harshly to her husband Mohendra. Seeing that Smt. Ramshree asked him for the reason of beating her husband, but unfortunately he turned towards her and kicked on her belly with much strength saying “Sali chamti tu hamse bahes karengi, Sali ka bocha paida honese hi mardo kyunki yah bhi paida ho kar bawal karega” You are arguing with me, kill the child in the womb itself before it is brought up, or else this will also create problem in the future. Ramshree lost her consciousness and fell to the ground due to pain in the womb. The police took her husband Mahendra to the Shahavad P.S and locked him in the Shyam S. Tiwari’s room. On 17th Nov’06 she was admitted in the Government Hospita in Hardoi due to severe pain in her womb. According to the prescription of Dr. Manju Rathode the womb had been perished due to terrible bleeding caused by the police beating. She washed her womb in the Hospital itself. The Doctor advised her to remain for a week in the Hospital, by the time her husband had been left on bail. The fact behind this incident is that, Mahendra, husband of Ramshree was going to Mobeshiyan village carrying with him Rs. 12’000/- to purchase Buffalo from Chameliya Mela on 11th Oct’06 at about 2.00 p.m. On his way to Chameliya Mela at Kumbhrawa Bridge, Radhelal shouldering a license gun and his son Pintu with non-license gun and Puttle S/o Ikshar from Jamush village, Majhila P.S of Hardoi Janpad came out and snatched away all the money from him. Soslam S/o Nathyu and Hobib S/o Imbahim went running to the spot when they heard him shouting for rescue. The perpetrators run away warning him strongly that they would kill him if he complains against them in the police station. Mahendra complained in the Majhila police station, but police did not take action against this. So he lodged complaint against police u/s 156 (3) for negligence of their duty. On 27th Oct’06 again he gave an appeal letter in order to initiate action against his petition. On 5th Dec’06 the Court gave order to investigate the matter. Because of this police officers were against him. Mahendra also lodged complaint against Radhelal and others who looted his money. Though police later summoned to the accused u/s 151, police released him free because he bribed the officers and insisted them to take revenge on him.
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Atrocity on Dalits in Mukteswar
- Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
- Date of incident: 12-11-2006
- Create date: 27-11-2013
- State:: Punjab
- District:: PATHANKOT
- Police station:: Mukteswar
- Summary:: Vijay Kumar (35) S/O-Nathu Ram, a resident of Mukteswar, belongs to dalit community was working in the grain market a daily labourer. He works there for less than minimum wage because of the pressure of the union leader Vijay kumar. He forces them to work with less wage payment if anyone tries to protest or complaint they face the police as well as department pressure. As the police S.H.O is the friend of union leader Vijay Kumar he has influence on the police administration. On 10.11.20006, Union leader Vijay Kumar came to victims’ house and asked Rs. 1000 for union fund. When Vijay asked for the receipt of money, the union leader abused him and threatened him to teach a lesson. The union leader then filed complaint in the police station against the victim Vijay Kumar. On 12.11.2006, while victim Vijay Kumar was working in the market, the union president reached there with two police constables. Union President then asked constable to arrest the victim Vijay Kumar. They arrested Vijay Kumar and took him to police station. They tortured him physically and mentally and abused in the name of caste. When Vijay Kumar’s relatives reached the police station asked for the reason of arresting him, they blamed the Vijay Kumar had abused his owner of the shop. They said they will release Vijay if he will give a written apology and not go to the hospital for his medical test. The SHO also threatened to file another false compliant on his name if he does not agree with his condition. So under that pressure Vijay Kumar had to say sorry without any fault. Now inquiry is in the process by DSP.
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Election Dispute Leads to the Murder of a Dalit Boy
- Posted by: NDMJ-UP
- Date of incident: 11-11-2006
- Create date: 29-11-2013
- State:: Uttar Pradesh
- District:: ALIGARH
- Police station:: Eglash
- Summary:: A 30 year old Dalit boy Kamal Singh alias Kallu s/o Late Phoolsingh Jatav, belong to Jatav community is the Vill Bhilpur, PS & Tehsil Eglash, dist Aligarh was tortured, stabbed and finally overrode the Vehicle. That was purposely done to eyewash the administration and the public. The cause of the murder is traced back to 2005 when the Panchayat election was held. The deceased victim was allegedly accused of altercation against Netrapal and Gopali during the Panchayat election. Angered by the very reason, the perpetrators Netrapal, Gopali, Jogender and Jawahar had entered the house of the victim and beaten Kamal Singh with sticks. This case was registered in the Eglash police station on 31. 8.2005 (FIR no 235/05 U/s 452/ 323/ 501/ 506 IPC and SC/ST POA 3(1)(x) The Case was under trial and there was a hearing in the court on 9/11/2006. The perpetrators wanted late Kamal to withdraw the case at which late Kamal was firm. Consequently on 11.11.2006 while he was on his way back home from his workplace at bicycle repairing centre, the perpetrators lied in ambush in a Vehicle (Four-wheeler) on the way to Bhilpur one and a half kilometers from Eglash. As soon as the victim reached the spot Netra Singh with his friends attacked him with knives and when he fell down, they overrode the vehicle over him and ran away from there. When the news of his death reached to his family members were no sooner rushed the place where the dead body lied. Satish Chandra the brother of the deceased went to the Eglash police station to register the case of Murder but the Police Inspector refused to register the FIR on 12/11/2006 telling that it was an accidental death. In fact the police tried to avoid the case since it knew that the perpetrators belonged to the dominant caste (Jat). But the brother of the victim did not lose his hope and approached the CO of Eglash district to access justice. As a result the C.O. ordered the police inspector of Eglash police station to register the case of Murder under and SC/ST POA . The case is under trial. The perpetrators are left scot-free. Empowered by the lacuna in administrative system, the perpetrators have become always a threat to life to the family members of the deceased. The case is under trial