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Government employees boycott work over mistreatment of Dalit
Published on : Wednesday 03 Feb 2010 16:22 - by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 3 : Hundreds of government employees in Uttar Pradesh's
Bijnor district decided to boycott work Wednesday after a
sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) slapped a Dalit class four government
employee, police said.
Shouting slogans against Shyam Bahadur Singh, SDM (Sadar) Bijnor,
hundreds of government employees of various departments converged in
front of the Collectorate'
under the SC/ST Act.
"Chandrapal, a class four employee of the Revenue Department has
alleged that the SDM Sadar Tuesday evening not only slapped him, but
also made casteist remarks against him," police inspector R.K. Gautam
told reporters in Bijnor, about 400 km from Lucknow.
"He (SDM) manhandled me inside his room at the collectorate'
and also hurled abusive and casteist words at me. When I voiced
objections, he openly challenged me to initiate action against him,"
Chandrapal told reporters Wednesday.
To protest against the incident, employees of the Revenue Department
announced that they would boycott work and were later joined by
employees of other departments.
However, Singh avoided commenting over the incident but told reporters
that Chandrapal managed to sign some documents and certificates
through fraudulent means.
Meanwhile, District Magistrate A.V. Rajamouli told reporters that an
enquiry has been initiated into the matter and that the district
administration was trying its best to sort out the issue by holding
talks with government employees.
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