Lucknow: A Dalit sleeping on a cot was blown up with a bomb, threatened to kill five more people – family
Lucknow Dalit Murder: The father of the deceased told that the working style of the police has been completely indifferent in this case.
Anurag Singh
An example of how the entire appearance of a village changes due to one incident is Ranimau village, situated at a distance of about 35 km from Lucknow, the capital of UP. In fact, on the night of June 18, such a blast took place here, due to which the people of the whole village are still in awe.
This incident is of Ranimau village of Gopramau Panchayat of Mall area of ??Lucknow. The blast took place at the house of Mevalal Rawat (38), in which his elder son Shivam was badly injured. Shivam was rushed to the hospital, but died four days later.
There is mourning in the entire village due to the murder of Shivam. The family is blaming three people living in the village for the murder. According to the family, Shivam had returned from Haridwar on June 18, the same night when he was sleeping, he was allegedly murdered by planting a bomb under his cot. His. After the incident, the entire village has turned into a cantonment and the movement of the police administration has intensified.
Explosion while sitting on cot
Shivam’s mother Savitri burst into tears while referring to the incident. He said that ‘the family used to live only by the income of the son, now he is no longer with us, how will we live’. Recalling the incident, Savitri said that ‘Shivam had returned from Haridwar at 12 noon on June 18. We all went to sleep after having dinner. Shivam was sleeping outside the house with a cot, then at around 12:55 pm, the sound of a loud bang woke him up.” He further said that
“When I came outside the house, I could not see anything because of the smoke in the whole area. The roof was smoldering. I started looking for the son sleeping on the cot outside the house in that smoke. Was lying at a distance of 10 meters. The whole crowd of the village gathered. In haste we took him to Mal CHC, where doctors asked him to take him to Trauma Center Lucknow. After four to five days of treatment, Shivam took all of us. left away”
“Only one has died, five more will die”
The deceased’s father Mevalal told that he was having a dispute with Tej Bahadur alias Harikesh Singh and Dipu Singh of the village itself. Tej Bahadur Singh had bought the land from Arjun Singh of the village, but due to the bounce of the check, the dismissal was stopped on 17th June and the incident happened on the night of 18th June. He said, “I do chowkidari at Arjun Singh’s house, due to which Tej Bahadur Singh was facing problems. Many times he had threatened in the past also. They are saying that now only one is dead, five more will die.”
Family not satisfied with police action
Mevalal says that the working style of the police in this case has been completely indifferent. The incident is going to happen for two weeks, but till now the accused have not been arrested. He said that “we are getting threats. The family members of the accused are roaming around and threatening. They are saying that now one is dead, five are left.”
The deceased’s uncle Suresh Kumar tells that “It is about eighteenth date, my nephew had come home from Haridwar, in the night I came back from work and saw Shivam is sleeping. I also slept with a cot next to him. Midnight There was a loud explosion. Moaning in pain, we ran to the hospital with him but could not save the misfortune.
So far not a single accused has been caught by the police in this incident and all the accused are absconding.
Courtesy: the quint
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