LOK SABHA
The Scheduled Castes/
Scheduled Tribes Commission visited the Dulina Police Chowki in
Jhajjar District of Gurgaon where some Dalits were murdered while
they were in Police custody. An enquiry into the causes of the
crime revealed that while the contract for removing hides and
skin of dead animals is in vogue in Gurgaon, there is no such
system of awarding contract in District Jhajjar for the last ten
years and the dead animals are generally buried. Perhaps, the
victims were not aware of this fact and they had started skinning
a dead cow by the roadside, which was mistaken as an incident
of cow slaughter and this perhaps, had hurt the religious sentiments
on the day of Dushehra festival.
The Commission has
recommended, among other things, as follows:-
- As four of the victims were married
and sole read earning members of their families, and the fifth
was an unmarried worker, all belonging to Scheduled Caste community,
all of their families deserve full support from the State for
their economic and social rehabilitation.
- All the four dependent widows
and the next kin of the unmarried victims of this unfortunate
tragedy should be given appropriate employment by the State
Government, apart from adequate financial compensation. In addition,
one of the victims did not own any house and in absence of the
sole bread earner, it would be appropriate to have a dwelling
unit allotted to her under Indira Awas Yojna.
- Punitive action should be taken
against the erring officials found guilty.
- The criminals committing atrocities
on the victims and found guilty for killing those innocent people
and their abettors should be immediately arrested and punitive
action taken against them according to the law of the land.
- In order to avoid such incidence
in future and to ensure appropriate disposal of dead animals,
Government of Haryana should evolve appropriate mechanism as
is prevailing in other districts keeping in view the sentiments
of the dominant community and other economic and social factors.
However, an enquiry
report initiated in the matter by the Divisional Commissioner,
Rohtak, Government of Haryana has not so far been received in
this Ministry.
This was stated by
Shri S.B. Mookherjee, Minister of State of the Ministry of Social
Justice & Empowerment in answer to a Question from the Hon'ble
Member, Shri Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar in Lok Sabha today.
