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Dalit woman assaulted over construction of house TNN, Jul 4, 2010, 12.29am IST Allahabad: Tension mounted in Seetalpur Tikri village under Tharwai police station on Saturday when a group of persons belonging to an upper caste allegedly assaulted a 35-year-old Dalit woman and ransacked her temporary house. The woman alleged that she was paraded naked in the village but the the police found this allegation as false. Superintendent of police, trans-Ganga, VK Mishra said that the woman was assaulted by one Devi Prasad Mishra and his family members. They also ransacked her temporary house and damaged the household items. Mishra is the owner of the land. His family had allowed the dalit woman to stay in the corner of the land. When Devi Prasad and his family members noticed that the woman was trying to construct a permanent house at the behest of the gram pradhan, they raised objections and asked the woman to desist from doing so. About a fortnight back, the woman made an attempt to construct a permanent structure. Mishra and his family members stopped her. On Saturday, the woman again started the construction work and the land owner raised tried to stop her. When she refused to stop the construction, Mishra and his family members allegedly assaulted her and ransacked the temporary structure. In the meantime, a group of villagers spread the news that the dalit was allegedly paraded naked. On receiving this information, senior police officials rushed to the spot and found that it was a dispute between Mishra and the woman over constructions. A case was lodged against Mishra under SC/ST Act. The police would also initiate action against the persons involved in spreading the rumour that a dalit woman had been paraded naked.
