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Dalit murder: CM packs off DGP to Azamgarh Express News Service Posted online: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0529 hrs Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh DGP Vikram Singh rushed to Azamgarh on Tuesday for a spot inspection after a Dalit was murdered in the district. This is the second instance in less than a fortnight that the DGP visited the scene of a crime where the victims were Dalits. Sixty-year-old Sabru, a native of Tithaupur village, was beaten up by his neighbour Tej Bahadur and his three sons following a dispute over the sharing of a common passage to their fields on May 29. He was admitted to a hospital, where he died on Monday. Chief Minister Mayawati, addressing a meeting of SPs and DMs on May 25, had ordered that the DGP would visit the spot, whenever a Dalit was murdered. Singh visited Sabru’s family and handed over a cheque for Rs 1.7 lakh to his son. The money was drawn from the Chief Minister’s Discretionary Fund. The DGP also ordered suspension of seven policemen, including the sub-inspector in charge of a police post, and shifted the SO of Tarwa police station to the Police Lines for dereliction of duty. He also ordered Azamgarh SP Ramit Sharma to seek explanation from ASP (City) OP Srivastava and Circle Officer (CO) Rajesh Srivastava for not carrying out annual inspections of the police stations and outposts under their jurisdiction. The DGP found that the sub-inspector in charge of the Bogairya police post and six constables were unaware of the beats under the jurisdiction of the outpost. Singh also visited the Tarwa police station and found that the police had not registered any complaint regarding disputes over grabbing of land, encroachment of subways and drains in the villages. The DGP said the murder could have been avoided if the police had intervened in the matter. Azamgarh SP Ramit Sharma said, “An inquiry into the role of the ASP and the CO and other concerned policemen is on. The report will be sent to the DGP.” Police security has been provided to the victim’s family and Singh has ordered the police to obtain the arrest warrant and property attachment orders against the absconding accused. Earlier on May 23, the DGP had visited Nanpara police station in Bahraich on the CM’s instructions after the police ransacked the houses of six Dalit families at Durgapurwa village. The police team had allegedly misbehaved with the women members of the families. The police had gone to the houses looking for the male members of the families who had allegedly assaulted a woman over a petty dispute. The DGP had then suspended the SHO, a sub-inspector and a constable, and dismissed two home guards. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
