Thursday, March 4, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Pakistan: Dalit families still displaced

 

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Karachi/04-Mar-2010/Dalit-families-still-displaced

Dalit families still displaced

Published: March 04, 2010

KARACHI - Several Dalit families (Hindu) are still displaced due to
the rising incidents of kidnapping and insecurity in District
Tharparkar, mostly shifted to Mithi Town from Aakle village, The
Nation has learnt on Wednesday.
The reports, received here, mention that as many as 65 Dalit families
left their village Aakle and shifted to Mithi Town and others adjacent
localities due to insecurity to their lives.
Mentioning one of such incidents of kidnapping, the reports have
revealed that recently a fifteen years old young girl Ms Daya daughter
of Khaku belonging to Meghwar Dalit community was abducted from her
house located in Samaro at night while her entire family was sleeping.
Since then there was panic and fear was spread among the Meghwar
community in the village, that was not enough, the suffering family
was still receiving threats by the abductors for kidnapping their
other daughters if they try to launch any complain against them.
The victim Meghwar community, who left their hometown, has told that
they were voters of Faqir Sher Mohd Bilalani, when they approached him
to complain against the abduction of their daughter, but Faqir only
gave them assurances to recover their young girl but so far nothing
has been done in this regard.
The suffering family has said that the other hindu families have also
facing live threats from the accused and also threatening to abduct
their young girl.
The Meghwar victim community even could not lodge FIR against the
accused due to fear. They said that despite launching several
complains none of the public representatives bothered to pay any visit
to them.

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