May 1, 2010 02:22 IST | Updated: May 1, 2010 06:38 IST NEW DELHI, May 1, 2010
Killing of Dalit father, daughter a matter of shame, says Sonia
Special Correspondent
The burnt house at Mirchpur in Haryana's Hissar district. Photo:
Special Arrangement
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Haryana Chief Minister
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, expressing anguish over a Dalit father and
daughter being burnt alive in the State.
'Cannot be allowed'
She described the incident as a "matter of shame." Party sources said
Ms. Gandhi asked for "firm and severe" action against the perpetrators
and said such incidents "cannot be allowed to happen."
She said it was "totally unacceptable" that the incident happened in
the presence of a naib tehsildar and a police officer.
Ms. Gandhi also asked the Chief Minister to pay "personal and urgent
attention" to protect the Dalits from further violence and take
measures to bring perpetrators to justice and ameliorate the
sufferings of those who have borne the brunt of the attacks.
A Dalit man and his daughter were burnt alive at Mirchpur in Hissar
district on April 21. Congress general-secretary Rahul Gandhi visited
the village on Thursday.
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