Guna (Madhya Pradesh): The Madhya Pradesh government has removed Guna District Magistrate S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak in the case of a Dalit couple consuming poison after being beaten up by the police personnel who allegedly tried to remove them from a piece of land.
A few days ago, the team which went to remove encroachment on a college land in Cantt police station area of Guna district beat up the Dalit farmer family, after which the farmer couple consumed insecticide. A video of the incident went viral on the social media. In the video, some police personnel could be seen beating a Dalit man and his family members.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken the matter very seriously and on Wednesday late night issued orders to remove District Magistrate S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak.
Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath has targeted the Shivraj government over the incident. Nath tweeted on Wednesday, "Where is Shivraj government taking the state to? What is this jungle raj? Barbaric lathicharge by policemen of Cantt police station area in Guna." Nath also attached the video of the incident.
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ये शिवराज सरकार प्रदेश को कहाँ ले जा रही है ?
— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) July 15, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
ये कैसा जंगल राज है ?
गुना में कैंट थाना क्षेत्र में एक दलित किसान दंपत्ति पर बड़ी संख्या में पुलिसकर्मियों द्वारा इस तरह बर्बरता पूर्ण लाठीचार्ज।
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">ये शिवराज सरकार प्रदेश को कहाँ ले जा रही है ?
— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) July 15, 2020
ये कैसा जंगल राज है ?
गुना में कैंट थाना क्षेत्र में एक दलित किसान दंपत्ति पर बड़ी संख्या में पुलिसकर्मियों द्वारा इस तरह बर्बरता पूर्ण लाठीचार्ज।
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— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) July 15, 2020
ये कैसा जंगल राज है ?
गुना में कैंट थाना क्षेत्र में एक दलित किसान दंपत्ति पर बड़ी संख्या में पुलिसकर्मियों द्वारा इस तरह बर्बरता पूर्ण लाठीचार्ज।
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He further said, "Even if there is a dispute regarding the land, it can be resolved legally, but in this way taking the law in hand, beating him, his wife, family and innocent children so ruthlessly, where is the justice? Is it because he belongs to a Dalit family, and is a poor farmer?"
Earlier, Home Minister Narottam Mishra ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.
BJP Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia has also called the incident unfortunate and spoke to Shivraj Singh Chouhan and called for strong action against the insensitive officers.
Meanwhile, collector Vishwanathan said that the land was reserved for a college building and was illegally occupied by local land mafia Gabbu Pardi who gave it to Rajkumar Ahirwar on a share basis. He said Pardi used the Ahirwar family to encroach upon the land.
He also said the condition of the Dalit couple is stable and they are recovering in the hospital.
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Meanwhile, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the BJP government over the thrashing of a Dalit family and said that our fight is against injustice.
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 16, 2020हमारी लड़ाई इसी सोच और अन्याय के ख़िलाफ़ है। pic.twitter.com/egGjgY5Awm
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 16, 2020
"Our fight is against this ideology and injustice," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet attaching the video of the Dalit family being thrashed by the police.
Home Minister Narottam Mishra said the chief minister also ordered a high-level probe.
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