Thursday, March 4, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Pakistan: Dalit families in Sindh a harrased lot

 

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Dalit families in Sindh a harrased lot

Thu, Mar 4 06:05 PM
Karachi, Mar.4 (ANI): Sudden increase in violent activities and
abduction has forced several Dalit families in Sindh province's
Tharparkar District to shift to safer places.

As many as 65 Dalit families have reportedly left their village in
Aakle region of the district and shifted to Mithi town and other
adjacent areas.

Incidents of kidnapping for ransom has increased drastically in the
region in the recent past.

In one such incident, a fifteen years old girl, Daya, belonging to the
Meghwar Dalit community was abducted from her house located in Samaro
at night while her family members were sleeping.

Daya's family have received threats from the abductors for kidnapping
their other daughters if they try to launch any complain against them,
The Nation reports.

The troubled family has not only approached security officials, but
they have narrated their plight to local leader Faqir Sher Mohd
Bilalani, but nothing has changed.

Daya's mother Ratna said she had contacted Faqir several times but he
only gave her assurances to recover her young girl but so far nothing
has been done in this regard.

Ratna said she has not lodged any FIR against the kidnappers fearing
retaliation, but she can identify the kidnappers.

Daya's family members have demanded immediate action from the
government, which seems to have turned a blind eye towards the
problems of the masses, especially the minorities.

They have also appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the Sindh
High Court to take a suo motu notice of the abduction of their
daughter and lawlessness in the province. (ANI)

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