Three organizations working in the Dalit jurisdiction have sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister saying that the justice process has been delayed in the case of Pooja Kumari Ram being found dead.
On Tuesday, the officials of those organizations jointly submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the District Administration Office.
Central President of Nepal Ram Samaj Pratham Lal Ram said that even after seven days of the incident, the process of getting justice is slow as the culprit has not been found. "Women and girls of the Dalit community in Madhesh are regularly victims of violence, but the police's investigation was very slow," he said.
In the memorandum submitted by Ram Samaj as well as Rashtriya Harwacharwa Adhikar Manch and Jan Chetna Dalit Sangam, it is demanded that the culprits should be punished after fair investigation of the incident. Similarly, it has been demanded to form a high-level investigation committee to impartially investigate the incident of murder and violence against the Dalit community in Madhesh, including the suspicious death of Pooja.
18-year-old Pooja of Surunga Municipality-7 Haripur Ramtol of Saptari, who went missing from her home on the night of 1st Baisakh, was found dead the next day under suspicious circumstances. Her mother Ramwati filed a complaint at the local police office in Kadarbona last Wednesday saying that her daughter was killed.
Police Superintendent of Saptari Dhakendra Khatiwada said that the incident is being thoroughly investigated. "Even though the autopsy of the body has been done at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, the report of the viscera examination is yet to come," he said.
