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Murdered Dalit's mother appeals to government
(Source: IANS)
Published: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 at 15:19 IST
Chandigarh: A Dalit woman on Wednesday sought the intervention of the
Punjab government in the suspected killing of her son by some
influential people in their village last week and urged police be
directed to arrest the main accused.
Jeevan Kumar, a resident of Chukar Chak village in the state's Moga
district, 210 km from here, was shot dead following an altercation
with a man who used to play music at a high volume.
"Gopi, who belongs to a very rich family of our village, used to play
vulgar songs at very high volume in his tractor when he crossed our
street every evening. My son objected to it and he paid with his
life," Kuldeep Kaur, mother of Jeevan, told reporters here Wednesday.
"Gopi called his cousin Dhanna Singh, who is a dreaded man in our
village, and they came to our house in search of Jeevan, who was not
at home at that time. Then they again came in the evening and started
firing at Jeevan who was in the market."
Jeevan died on the spot whereas three onlookers sustained injuries.
Police arrested three people, but key accused Dhanna Singh is still at large.
Kaur said, "Police are afraid of Dhanna Singh and are pressurising us
to close the case. There is nobody to help the Dalit families of
Punjab. Other Dalit families are also living under the terror of these
rich boys. This is our desperate appeal to Punjab government to come
forward for our rescue."
The family of the deceased, who was in his early twenties, also
demanded a compensation of Rs.1 million from the government and
appealed to it to direct the police to arrest the main accused Dhanna
Singh.
They have also demanded Rs.100,000 aid for the families of the injured.
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