Uttar Pradesh: Cremation material of Dalit child thrown into canal, know what happened next?
A separate cremation ground for the Dalit community was recorded in the revenue documents, but the marked land is in the possession of influential people of the village.
Published on: 22 Mar 2024, 9:13 am
Dankaur . Last Wednesday night, in Banjarpur village of Kotwali area of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, after the death of eight-year-old child Siddharth due to illness, the family members and other villagers reached the cremation ground to perform the last rites of the body. It is alleged that the casteist people of the village threw the material brought for the last rites into the canal.
The police arrived after the uproar and calmed the people down. After this the last rites were performed in the presence of the police. In this case, the aggrieved party has reached the police station and filed a complaint against five accused including the two named. Even two months ago, after the death of a person from the snake charmer community in village Reelkha, the last rites were not allowed to take place. People had protested against this.
Siddharth, 8 year old son of Dalit Rohit, resident of village Banjarpur, was ill for the last few days. Even after much treatment, he did not recover and he died late on Wednesday evening. Family members and other villagers reached the cremation ground to perform the last rites. It is alleged that the influential people of the village threw the cremation material into the canal, claiming the cremation ground as their own. After this the people of Dalit community became angry. They created a ruckus and blocked the canal near the village.
The police, who reached the information, assured of legal action against the accused. Villagers say that at present they have been performing the last rites at the mixed cremation ground of the village, but some people oppose it. People of Dalit community had demanded land for cremation from Greno authority. A separate cremation ground for the Dalit community was recorded in the revenue documents, but the marked land is in the possession of influential people of the village. Kotwali in-charge says that after investigating the matter, strict action will be taken against all the accused.
Dankaur SDM told The Mooknayak that the Tehsildar has been ordered to investigate the matter, after measuring the cremation ground on the basis of revenue records, the possession will be handed over to the Dalit community.
