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No police action taken in Dalit atrocity case filed in Gujarat village
Published: Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011, 16:35 IST
By Roxy Gagdekar | Place: Sanand (Gujarat) | Agency: DNA
It seems the Sanand police are taking the issue either too lightly or
they lack the willingness to act. The Dalits of Goraj village in
Sanand had filed an atrocity case with the police in October first
week and expected a fair investigation in the same. But the police are
yet to take any action on the two complaints filed on the same issue.
Kalpesh Dabhi, one of the victims of the atrocity caused by the upper
caste people in Goraj on October 4, told DNA the police are not at all
interested in investigating their case. "Since we filed the complaint,
the police have not recorded a single statement of ours till date," he
said. It seems the cops are under someone's pressure to not follow the
regular procedure, Dabhi alleged.
There were several other Dalits, along with Dabhi, who were wounded
during the tussle. "We have mentioned the names of 109 people.
However, the police have not questioned even a single person in the
matter," said another victim, Mehul Makwana.
Many Dalit families have shifted out of Goraj following harassment by
the upper caste people in the village. "If the police do not act,
where should we go? We have no option left than to leave our village,"
said Gautam Vankar, another victim.
While one complaint was filed by the Dalits on October 1, the other
was filed on October 4.
The investigating officer in the case, MM Malek, was transferred to
Vadodara a few days ago. He told DNA that he had been transferred and
was no longer responsible for the investigations. Malek was
investigating the case filed on October 4.
The new investigating officer, KV Savani, who took the charge over a
week before, told DNA that the accused in the case are absconding and
"we will arrest them very soon".
Savani also said he took charge just before a few days and will take
prompt action in this regard.
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