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Jharkhand: SC Commission will summon Chief Secretary and DGP, case of eviction of Dalits

September 5, 2022
Bharat Times

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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes will issue summons to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of the state in the case of forced eviction of 50 Dalit families from Palamu in Jharkhand by people belonging to other communities over a land dispute.

Commission’s Vice-Chairman Arun Haldar, after visiting Tongri hill in Murumatu village on Saturday, alleged before the media that this was done as a well-planned conspiracy and the role of the local administration was suspicious in this case. Haldar said that the commission will start the investigation from its level.

“So far no clear action has been taken against the accused which is indicative of nexus between the police and the accused,” he said. Victims including women approached law enforcement agencies for help but no action was taken.

After 50 families of Musahar caste were evicted from the village on August 29, these families have been accommodated in a building by the administration. Haldar alleged, the administration is trying to settle these families elsewhere. Doing so will complicate the situation and the Commission does not consider it to be correct. He said that the commission has asked the administration to settle these families where they were forcibly evicted. He said that even a week after the incident, the circle officers of the area could not ascertain whose disputed land belonged.

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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes will issue summons to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of the state in the case of forced eviction of 50 Dalit families from Palamu in Jharkhand by people belonging to other communities over a land dispute.

Commission’s Vice-Chairman Arun Haldar, after visiting Tongri hill in Murumatu village on Saturday, alleged before the media that this was done as a well-planned conspiracy and the role of the local administration was suspicious in this case. Haldar said that the commission will start the investigation from its level.

“So far no clear action has been taken against the accused which is indicative of nexus between the police and the accused,” he said. Victims including women approached law enforcement agencies for help but no action was taken.

After 50 families of Musahar caste were evicted from the village on August 29, these families have been accommodated in a building by the administration. Haldar alleged, the administration is trying to settle these families elsewhere. Doing so will complicate the situation and the Commission does not consider it to be correct. He said that the commission has asked the administration to settle these families where they were forcibly evicted. He said that even a week after the incident, the circle officers of the area could not ascertain whose disputed land belonged.