Ganapati's family, who have been living on public land on the banks of Gagan river for 15 years, were repeatedly threatened by their neighbors to move beyond the settlement to the banks of the river, saying that it would be unlucky for them to remain untouchable.
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Those who beat the Dom family in Siraha have not been arrested yet. The people who beat up the family of Ganapati Mallik Dom living in Sukhipur Municipality-10 Bishwakarma Chowk, calling them untouchables, have not been arrested yet.
Ganapati's family, who have been living on public land on the banks of Gagan river for 15 years, were repeatedly threatened by their neighbors to move beyond the settlement to the banks of the river, saying that it would be unlucky for them to remain untouchable. However, his family, who did not agree, were beaten up by those neighbors on Wednesday morning.
Local neighbors Sahdev Mahato, Sukdev Mahato, Nagendra Mahato, Dukharan Mahato, Shyamsunder Mahato and others beat up his family. Ganapathy's 50-year-old wife Sumitra Mallik was seriously injured in the beating, while her son-in-law Sanjay Mallik was also injured.
After the incident, the victim's family filed a complaint at the District Police Office, Siraha on Wednesday. On Friday, the victim filed a complaint against five people at the local police office, Maheshpur Patar, for the crime of discrimination and caste touch. However, the police are yet to arrest the accused. Siraha police claimed that they are being searched. 'We are searching for the accused after registering a complaint,' Siraha Police Spokesperson DSP Birendra Kumar Paswan said, 'We will give the results soon.'
