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NCW wants report on Dalit woman abuse
TNN, 12 January 2010, 11:16pm ISTText Size:|
BALASORE: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought a report
from Balasore police on the abuse of a
Dalit woman in the district.
"The commission wants to know about the action taken by police in this
particular case in which a Dalit woman was assaulted and abused in
public. It also wants to know whether the woman has been rehabilitated
and what steps have been taken for her security," the NCW letter to
the SP stated.
On October 14, a 25-year-old woman and a mother of three, was dragged
to a market place at Bagudi near Soro, tied to a tree and assaulted by
a group of people who pulled her hair.
They abused her calling her a prostitute and the entire act was shot
and handed over to an electronic media.
The barbaric incident sent shocked the state. Claiming sluggish action
of police against the culprits, the woman had appealed to the chief
minister seeking his intervention. Several women and Dalit
organization also supported the victim.
The NCW, however, sought the report from police after lawyer Prabir
Das moved it and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) citing
police inaction.
"Police should act immediately before the accused can take any
preventive steps to evade arrest," Das said.
Police said six persons have been arrested in this case. "Three were
arrested a day after the incident and the rest three, including the
prime accused were nabbed within a month. Earlier, the NHRC had sought
a report and we have compiled it," sub-divisional police officer
(Balasore Sadar) K C Parida said.
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