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Dalit woman assaulted over construction of house
TNN, Jul 4, 2010, 12.29am IST
Allahabad: Tension mounted in Seetalpur Tikri village under Tharwai
police station on Saturday when a group of persons belonging to an
upper caste allegedly assaulted a 35-year-old Dalit woman and
ransacked her temporary house.
The woman alleged that she was paraded naked in the village but the
the police found this allegation as false.
Superintendent of police, trans-Ganga, VK Mishra said that the woman
was assaulted by one Devi Prasad Mishra and his family members. They
also ransacked her temporary house and damaged the household items.
Mishra is the owner of the land. His family had allowed the dalit
woman to stay in the corner of the land. When Devi Prasad and his
family members noticed that the woman was trying to construct a
permanent house at the behest of the gram pradhan, they raised
objections and asked the woman to desist from doing so.
About a fortnight back, the woman made an attempt to construct a
permanent structure. Mishra and his family members stopped her.
On Saturday, the woman again started the construction work and the
land owner raised tried to stop her. When she refused to stop the
construction, Mishra and his family members allegedly assaulted her
and ransacked the temporary structure.
In the meantime, a group of villagers spread the news that the dalit
was allegedly paraded naked. On receiving this information, senior
police officials rushed to the spot and found that it was a dispute
between Mishra and the woman over constructions.
A case was lodged against Mishra under SC/ST Act. The police would
also initiate action against the persons involved in spreading the
rumour that a dalit woman had been paraded naked.
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