Thursday, October 6, 2011

Oct 6, 2011: Dalit beaten up, threatened rape over land claim

Oct 6, 2011, 04.17AM IST
AJMER: A Scheduled Caste woman in Nasirabad block of this district alleged on Wednesday that two men from Bubaniya village - Shankar Singh Rawat and Surajmal Rawat - and others abused and tried to outrage her modesty when she was working in the field. "They came in a group and abuse me using casteist slurs and threatened to rape me, they dragged me to a nearby mines area and beat me brutally," said the victim Savitri.

The bone of contention is a six bigha plot. The land touches the boundaries of Shankar and Suraj's fields. "They wanted to occupy my agriculture land. Earlier, they had claimed I am sitting on a government land, I called in the revenue inspector and he showed me the limits of my agriculture land, now they claim that they have purchased the land from government, so I must vacate it," said Laxman, husband of Savitri.

She said the police were not protecting her family even after three days of filing the FIR. "The goons are threatening and pressurising us to withdraw the case, she added. "Shankar and Suraj Rawat after drinking heavily knocked on our door late at night, abused and threatened us to either withdraw the FIR or else they will do what I can't even dream in wildest of my dreams", said Laxman. He alleged the deputy superintendent of police (rural) has said that "he is busy in other case". It is interesting to note that in cases related to SC & ST atrocities only officers above the rank of DySP and above can investigate.

"I have visited the site we will look into the matter, but it is true I am preoccupied in a murder case, we will act soon, said Ganpat Ram Vishnoi, DySP, Ajmer (rural)

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