Patna (CNA Media/Insaaf Times) NCRB report shows that the stories of oppression of Dalits in India are increasing continuously. You must remember 2 years ago a traumatic incident took place in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, which shook the entire country.On 14 September 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit girl from Boolgarhi village in Hathras had gone to cut grass with her mother, about half a kilometer away from her house. Where the girl was gang-raped by 4 upper caste neighbours, they not only gang-raped her but also thrashed her, broke her spine, hit her on the neck, cut her tongue and tried to kill her by strangulation, and left her as dead and left. The girl was first admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Aligarh, from where she was admitted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital after her health deteriorated, where she died on September 29 during treatment. The girl’s body was cremated on the intervening night of 29/30 September, by the police without even showing her face to the family, by forcibly pouring petrol and setting it afire. There was a lot of uproar in the country, also seen was the misbehavior of political and social leaders. When former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were going to meet the victim’s family of Hathras incident. The police had resorted to lathi charge during the protests, in which Congress workers were injured. After which they were taken into custody and other Congressmen were also detained, The police had registered FIR against 200 Congress leaders including Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi under sections 188, and sections 269, 270 of the IPC for violating section 144 and endangering the lives of common people during the epidemic. When the National President of Azad Samaj Party Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravana was going to the victim’s house, the administration stopped him, the Yogi government lodged an FIR against 500 people including Chandrashekhar. Former Chief Minister and National President of Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav was also prevented from going to Hathras and there was a scuffle with him too. Journalist Siddiq Kappan, Atiqur Rahman and his accomplices who had gone to report were arrested along with the driver imposing UAPA on them. Kappan and his driver have been granted bail by the Supreme Court after being imprisoned for nearly two years. When Siddiqui Kappan’s mother died, he was not granted bail. infact he is still in prison citing another ED case pending. While student leader Atiqur Rahman, who was arrested with Siddiq, He was a heart patient. Despite this, he is still in prison. Although four upper castes accused from the village are in jail for this crime. The media of the country and abroad had covered the incident and a serious debate broke out about the condition of Dalits in India. But even after two years, the roots of casteism in this village are visible more deeper than before. According to the BBC, the victim’s family alleges that they are still facing casteism. The dead girl’s brother tells the BBC that “the village now has more disdain for her family than ever before”. Even today such incidents are being seen in different states. After all, who is responsible for the accidents of such cruelty?
