Tuesday, March 8, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Mirchpur Dalit killings: Name those who led stir after accused booked, SC tells Haryana govt

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mirchpur-Dalit-killings-Name-those-who-led-stir-after-accused-booked-SC-tells-Haryana-govt/articleshow/7651247.cms

Mirchpur Dalit killings: Name those who led stir after accused booked,
SC tells Haryana govt
PTI | Mar 8, 2011, 06.25am IST

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Haryana government to
identify the persons and organisation responsible for holding
demonstration in December last against booking of some upper caste
people in connection with the Mirchpur Dalit killings case.

A bench of justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly also directed the
government and the Railway Board to spell out steps taken by them to
recover financial loss caused following the 11-day stir organised by
12 khap
panchayats.

"Who are the persons behind it? You must tell us the names of the
persons and the party who were behind all these agitations. There must
have been some kind of political backing behind it," the bench said
while granting two weeks' time to reply.

Not impressed by the response of the state government that cases have
been filed, the court said, "Forget about cases. We know what happens
after case is registered. State must tell us who is responsible for
this (agitation)." Villagers had been protesting the booking of 98
members of their community in the case relating to the killing of
70-year-old Tarachand and his physically challenged teenaged daughter
Suman at Mirchpur village in Hisar on April 21 last year.

Demanding a fresh probe into the Dalit killings, upper caste people of
Mirchpur and adjoining villages had brought the rail and road traffic
to Delhi via Jind to a grinding halt earlier this month.

On the last hearing the state government had informed the court that
loss of Rs 45.92 lakh was caused to the transport department due to
agitation and Rs 90,000 were spent by forest department in removing
3130 trees which were uprooted by protesters.

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