Uttar Pradesh: A 35-year-old Dalit youth was murdered in Prayagraj on April 12. The accused burnt him alive. It is being told that the only fault of the youth was that he refused to harvest wheat. On Tuesday, the administration ran a bulldozer on the illegal construction of the accused involved in the murder. This action was taken under the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy of the Yogi government, in which strict steps are being taken against the criminals.
According to the report of Dainik Bhaskar, the family members were enraged after finding his half-burnt body on the morning of April 13. They not only vandalised the house of the accused, but also did not allow the police to lift the body for 2 hours for postmortem. Later, after the postmortem, on the night of 13 April, the police forcibly cremated the Dalit youth. After this, people’s anger increased. People gathered on the road and started creating a ruckus.
On Monday, Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh and Congress State President Ajay Rai reached to meet the victim’s family. Angry villagers also stopped their vehicles. They blocked Hanuman Mori Road.
After being persuaded by the police and the MP, the villagers agreed after about 2.30 hours and moved away from the road. This entire matter is of Karchana area of Yamunapar. At around 6 pm, a bulldozer was run on the land occupied by the accused.
What was the whole matter?
Dalit Ashok Kumar, who lives in Isota village, has a 35-year-old son Devi Shankar who used to work as a labourer. He has 3 children. One daughter is Kajal and two sons are Suraj and Akash. His wife has died. He was the only son of his parents.
On 12th April, some people took Devi Shankar to harvest wheat. When he refused to harvest wheat, the accused beat the Dalit youth half to death. They prepared to bury him alive and even dug a pit. But then the attackers changed their plan. They collected straw and set it on fire to burn Devi Shankar. This incident happened on 13th April at 6 am.
Then seeing the villagers coming towards the fields, the accused ran away. After the half-burnt body of the Dalit youth was found, a ruckus started. The father gave a statement to the police that 7 people including Chhuttan Singh of the village killed my son because he was not going to harvest wheat.
The dead body was not allowed to be lifted for 2 hours
When the police reached the village after getting the information about the murder, the people did not allow the body to be lifted. They started protesting by keeping the dead body in front of the police. During this time, the police kept explaining to the villagers for about 2 hours. People demanded compensation of Rs 7 crore, security of license and allotment of house.
Meanwhile, some people also attacked the house of the main accused Chhuttan Singh. However, the police pacified the people by explaining. The police have arrested 6 accused. Now the main accused Chhuttan Singh is still out of the reach of the police.
ACP Karchana Varun Kumar said, 4 youths of the village took Devi Shankar at night on the pretext of work. His body was found in the morning. The family members say that the same people killed him where he went to work. Looking at the body, it seems that he was burnt after killing him.
The matter of burning him alive is not clear. The family members allege that he was burnt alive. 6 people have been arrested and are being questioned. Due to contradictions in their statements, investigation is going on from many angles.
Nephew Rahul said that some people came in the evening and took his uncle away. Those people had said that there was work to harvest wheat. What happened there, nothing is known. Dalit Ashok Kumar’s 30-year-old son Devi Shankar, who lives in Isota village, used to work as a labourer. He has 3 children. One daughter Kajal and two sons Suraj, Akash. His wife has died. He was the only son of his parents.
According to the Patrika report, investigation has revealed that the deceased Devi Shankar had relations with a girl from the accused family, due to which the accused got angry and hatched a conspiracy. He was called on some pretext, made to drink alcohol and then strangled to death. After this, an attempt was made to burn the body to destroy the evidence.
The accused arrested and sent to jail by the police include Dilip Singh alias Chhuttan, Ajay Singh, Manoj Singh, Sanjay Singh alias Sonu, Shekhar Singh, Mohit Singh, Awadhesh Singh alias DM and Vimlesh Gupta alias Baba Don. The main accused Vinay Singh is still absconding. This incident once again shows that the administration is no longer shying away from taking a tough stand against crime and criminals.
Courtesy: Rajan Chaudhary, Hindi News
