Hissar dalits take refuge in Delhi, SC calls DC
TNN, Jun 1, 2010, 12.50am IST
NEW DELHI: Nearly a month after Rahul Gandhi visited Mirchpur's dalit
victims, the Supreme Court on Monday sought answers from Haryana's
Hissar district administration about steps taken to rehabilitate 150
Balmiki community families forced out of their land by upper castes.
During the violence unleashed against the dalits at Mirchpur, which
has been witness to long-standing differences between the Balmikis and
the upper castes, two persons — a 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old
physically challenged daughter Suman — were killed. The fear of
violence forced around 152 families to leave the village and take
shelter in New Delhi.
After a brief presentation of the case by senior advocate Colin
Gonsalves, a vacation bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and C K
Prasad summoned the deputy commissioner of Hissar on Wednesday, along
with his plans for the rehabilitation of the victims who were forced
to leave the village.
''We do not know what action has been taken against those who
perpetrated the violence. We also do not know what steps have been
taken by the district administration to rehabilitate the victims," the
bench said, requesting the deputy commissioner to come to court
prepared with the facts of the case and a rehabilitation plan.
After giving details of the incident — a stone was thrown at a dog —
which spiralled into a major attack on the Balmiki community on April
21, and the torching of their houses in which the two persons were
burnt alive, the petitioners — some of the villagers forced to take
shelter in Delhi — said members of the community went to Hissar
demanding that the trial be fast-tracked and victims be rehabilated.
Except for an appointment letter to Suman's brother and compensation
of Rs 16 lakh to the victim's mother, others were given nothing, they
said.
They also alleged that on May 9, the khap panchayat, which included
several persons who allegedly led the arsonists, summoned
representatives of the Balmikis and asked them to take back their
cases.
Charging the police with not arresting the accused and the
administration of being lax in rehabilitating the victims, the
petitioners sought a direction to the Haryana government to
rehabilitate the victims in Delhi.
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