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Dalit boy loses vision to police
torture
WSN Network
Faizabad/Lucknow: Atrocities against Dalits in
India
continue unabated, and in the dalit party BSP ruled UP, such
incidents are by no means unheard of. A shocking tragedy happened
when policemen under the Mayawati government tortured a dalit boy in
custody and caused loss of his eyesight in Faizabad. After a
crescendo of protests by the people, an inquiry by higher officers
of the police found the cops guilty and a case was registered
against five policemen.
Faizabad SSP RKS
Rathore was forced to order the case the probe conducted by Ayodhya
Circle Officer R K Pandey. Doctors have confirmed that the boy had
lost his vision.
Police
functioning is not much different anywhere in India, and in this
case too the police had earlier claimed that the boy was a thief. In
fact, Rathore had defended the police action saying that he was
wanted in a case of theft and the police had recovered 18 mobile
phones from him. Later, it was found that the boy was forced him to
confess as a result of torture.
Rohit’s father
Ram Dev said, “The police arrested my son in a false case of theft
and tortured him in illegal custody.” He alleged that the policemen
had demanded Rs 25,000 to release his son, but he could not arrange
the amount. “When I approached senior officials, leaders and the
media, the police booked him in a theft case and sent him to jail,”
he added.
23
September 2009
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