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Dalit woman, son paraded on panchayat's order
TNN, Sep 26, 2010, 05.33am IST
LUCKNOW: Ten persons, including a woman and government guard were
arrested on Saturday after a Dalit woman and her son were allegedly
made to sit on a buffalo with their faces blackened and were paraded
around a village. The victims were identified as Chandrawati (45) and
her 18-year-old son Devendra.
The panchayat of Jaat-dominated Pootha village under Shikarpur police
station area had found Chandrawati and her son guilty after a woman,
Chhama had claimed that Chandrawati and Devendra gave her some
sedatives and put her in a car. Chhama had allegedly gone missing
about a month back and had returned to the village a couple of days
before, the police said.
The panchayat, which consisted of members from Jaat, Dalit and Balmiki
communities found Chhama's claim true and ordered the villagers to
parade the duo after blackening their face last evening, SSP Amitabh
Yash said.
Chhama also claimed that she did not elope with anyone but was
actually taken away by the man from the village with Chandrawati and
Devendra's support, the police said.
Sources, however, said that earlier at least on three occasions,
Chhama had allegedly eloped from the village. The police said that if
at all Chhama was actually `kidnapped' by the man at the behest of
Chandrawati, why didn't anybody inform the police about the incident.
A 30-year-old married woman, Chhama, who was from the Jaat community,
had sources said, actually eloped about a month ago. However, after a
few days she came back and put the blame on Chandrawati.
Following the allegations, the village panchayat summoned Chandrawati
and Devendra and ordered their humiliation.
Chandrawati then lodged an FIR at Shikaarpur police station naming 23
persons including Chhama and the guard of the village, identified as
Murari. The police said, of these 10 persons including Chhama and
Murari had been arrested while efforts were on to nab 13 others.
The police said that the role of Murari was most shameful as despite
being a guard getting salary from government, he headed the panchayat
and ordered for the woman's punishment.
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