Even though the state agencies have shown vigilance for the legal treatment of the victim's family, their daily life is going through a difficult time. Even though the local administration and the municipality have provided general relief, the victims are forced to spend the night by placing a tarpaulin on the roof of the collapsed house.
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Five Paswan families of Dalit community who were living in the public pond of Arang in Kalyanpur Municipality-8 of Siraha were abused and their house was vandalized and looted last Friday.
What is this event? What are the state agencies doing after the incident? What is the condition of the victim? We have presented this material in question and answer style to clear these questions.
What is this event ?
Last October 1st, the day was Vishwakarma Puja . On the same occasion, the orchestra was brought to Gudri Bazar in the village in the evening. According to the victim's family, Prabhas Singh, a member of the Rajput community of the village, and his group hurled obscenities at Rajkumar Paswan of Paswan tol while settling the people who were standing with rice. There was a dispute between them.
After the Prabhas group threatened to oust them from the village during the dispute, the Dalit community filed a complaint at the local police office, Mirchaiya on October 3. However, the opposition, who did not attend the discussion despite asking for time, last time took the discussion time for October 21st. However, the opponents, who were threatening that they would not attend the discussion and wanted to become big as Dalits, vandalized the house on Friday.
Rajkumar Paswan, the victim, said that they came in a group of about 50 people and demolished the house of five people including his brothers Raslal Paswan, Ashok Paswan, Binde Paswan and Sovit Paswan. He says that they also looted food, clothes, jewelry, and cash from the house. What will happen after the
event? After the
incident, the police filed a criminal nuisance case against 13 people on Saturday. Chief Superintendent of Police Anantram Sharma said that a complaint has been registered against Kalyanpur 8 Ward President Ramkishore Yadav, elected from Nepali Congress, along with locals Prabhas Singh, Nitesh Singh, Shailendra Singh, Rajkumar Singh, Kailash Singh, Ganesh Kamti, Mustafa Rain and others.
Out of which the police have already arrested Ganesh and Kailash along with ward president Yadav and are looking for others. Superintendent of Police Sharma said that they are being investigated under the custody of the local police office, Mirchaiya. He said that even though complaints have been registered against only 13 people under one heading, cases and people may increase during the investigation.
How did the Ward president get involved in this ?
It has been revealed from the preliminary investigation of the police that the ward president Yadav has incited them. The police also received a letter written by ward president Yadav to Kalyanpur municipality on October 5 that the land where the Dalit community is living has been made public and that the land should be vacated.
However, the municipality said that the letter was not implemented due to the Dalit community being squatters. After being ignored by the municipality, a police officer involved in the investigation said that Yadav played an internally supportive role in the opposition's plan to vandalize the houses of Dalits.
What is the condition of the victim now?
Even though the state agencies have shown vigilance for the legal treatment of the victim's family, their daily life is going through a difficult time. The chief district officer of Siraha, the head of the security agency, and the municipal team, who visited the victim's family on Saturday, provided the victim with foodstuff and tripal for the time being.
However, even though it gives general relief, the victims are forced to spend the night with a tarpaulin on the roof of the collapsed house . "There is no place to live, no place to cook," said the victim Sanjudevi Paswan, "There are small children, sometimes there is no address for what will come to the house, we are only awake at night."
Victim Binde Paswan said that they need a long-term solution. "We are poor people, we don't have the power to build a house by ourselves," he told Kantipur, "It is very difficult to live in such a house for many days, we need a long-term solution."
What did the Dalit leaders who arrived at the scene say?
Dalit leaders of the district, who came to the scene on Sunday to understand the incident, demanded a thorough investigation and strict action against the culprits. Social activist Manoj Kumar Paswan said that due to the incompetence of the state and the state agencies, the oppression of Dalits has not stopped and warned that if there is any manipulation in this incident, they will go into a strong struggle .
"Such incidents happen frequently, but instead of taking action against the culprits, the state agencies fall under their influence, that's why such incidents keep happening," he said to Kantipur, "If there is any kind of manipulation in this incident too, we will respond strongly, we will start a struggle."
