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Demolition of dalit woman’s house: PUCL demands action against police

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pucl innerMangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) insisted the government to take stringent action against the police personnel who assisted in the demolition of a Dalit woman’s house at Mukka near Suratkal.

PUCL district president Eshwar Raj here on Saturday, May 18 said, ” Kaveri,  a 75-year-old Dalit woman had constructed a small house on the government land measuring around eight cents, along the sea coast at Mukka. She had been living with her four children and she had also been provided financial help under welfare scheme to repair the house recently. The family has been in possession of the land for nearly 80 years.  However, the house was demolished by one Geetha Hegde with the help of Suratkal police station.  The records in Revenue Department confirms that the plot is ‘samudra paramboku’ land and belongs to the government, the tahasildar, failed to produce the relevant documents in court in time and also convince the court that the house was on government land. The tahsildar also ignored the deputy commissioner’s order to submit a report. On the contrary, the tahsildar filed a trespassing case against the Dalit family,” 

Ishwar Raj pointed out that there had been no order from the court to demolish the house and it evident that the tahsildar acted to benefit Geetha Hegde.

Dalita Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) leader S P Anand said that the police had provided protection to Geetha and her workers while demolishing the house of Kaveri.

“When the locals and the family members opposed the move of demolition and protested for the same, the Surathkal circle inspector threatened them that they would have to face dire consequences. The police also snatched the mobile phones of those who recorded the demolition and had deleted the video clippings. The act of snatching the cell phones reveals the high-handedness of the police personnel. Even though an FIR had been registered under the Dalit atrocity law, the accused were not arrested within 20 hours. A memorandum was submitted to Social Welfare Minister Priyank Kharge,” Anand informed and added that a case would be filed with the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission soon. 

PUCL national vice president P B D’Sa, general secretary Ajay D’Silva, member Ramesh Kumar, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti Women’s Wing member Yashoda and Kaveri’s daughters Varija and Padmavati were present.

Demolition of dalit woman's house: PUCL demands action against police
Demolition of dalit woman's house: PUCL demands action against police

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