BLAME CASTE FEELING, ILLEGAL LIQUOR SALE, SAYS EX-MP
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The brutal rape and
murder of a SC minor girl of Sarigpali village of Maharpadar Panchayat on May
22 last is mainly due to acute caste feeling and discrimination prevailing in
the village and the deceased’s family members’ strong opposition to illegal
liquor sale in the village, said former Jajpur MP Mohan Jena who led a seven-
member fact finding team that visited the village under Kaprakhol area.
The civil society team
led by Jena comprised activists Sangram Mallick, Jugal Ranjit, Sangeeta Kisan
and Kshirod Rout, among others. It met the family members on May 29 last.
It would be pertinent to
mention that the minor SC girl of Sargipali was brutally raped and murdered by
unscrupulous people on May 22 and her private part was also cut with sharp
weapon while acid was poured on her face so that no proper identification of
her could be made later.
There was acute caste
feeling among the villagers. Both caste (Dalit and upper caste people) lodged
complaints against each other with police. A section of people was carrying out
illegal liquor business in the village. Maa Bhairabi SHG led by Dalimba
Chhatria Bhanumati and other members was in the forefront against the illegal
liquor sale.
In November, 2014, the
SHG members had come to Khaprakhol police station for action and when nothing
happened, they went to the SP office against the illegal liquor business.
Finally, the illegal business was stopped with the intervention of the SP.
Critical of the apathy of
the administration shown to the SCs/STs in the district, Jena said the
administration had not identified the area prone to attack on Dalits. Moreover,
the district level vigilance monitoring committee was not functioning properly
and its meetings were a mere formality, Jena said.
“Meanwhile, the district
administration has only given Rs 5,000 as assistance from the Red Cross fund,
which is inadequate. We demand immediate arrest of culprits involved in the
incident and Rs 5 lakh assistance to the deceased family, besides an end to the
practice of caste discrimination in the village,” said Jena.
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