Angry Dalits drive out Hissar officer sent by Supreme Court
Rakesh Bhatnagar / DNA
Thursday, June 3, 2010 0:59 IST
New Delhi: A Hissar officer was on Wednesday at the receiving end of
100 Dalit families — who had been victims of caste violence — after he
went to console them and rehabilitate them in their native Mirchpur
village.
The Supreme Court (SC) had directed deputy commissioner (DC) Yudhvir
Singh earlier in the day to visit the families and ensure jobs to the
victims' families under government schemes.
Armed with the court order, Singh straightway drove to the Mandir Marg
police station, about 6 km from the court complex, but faced an
anguished gathering of Dalits.
They prevented Singh, shouted slogans against the Congress government
in Haryana and ridiculed the Hissar district administration for its
apathy in dealing with the perpetrators of violence against them.
The Dalit families had fled Mirchpur in Jat-dominated Haryana after
their houses were torched in a case of caste violence on April 21. The
families had fled Mirchpur to escape more persecution and refused to
return ever since.
The Dalits attacked Singh when he tried to tell them about the
instructions given to him by the apex court.
Singh had barely finished addressing the enraged gathering when one
Kamla Devi rose and shouted "My family was burnt alive. I want justice
first. Can you or your government give it?" Failing to convince them,
when Singh went back to his car, angry protestors didn't let his car
move, an eyewitness said.
And when he tried to escape with his colleagues and securitymen on
foot, they chased and manhandled him.
Police came to Singh's rescue finally. A police official said Singh
should have first come to police station and taken adequate security
along with him. "This incident happened due to his casual approach,"
he said.
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