A newly elected Dalit woman village pradhan in UP claims of being abused and forced from her chair and shifted to the floor by some local influential persons at her first meet with the officials in Mahoba, as per IANS.?
It happened in the village of Nathupura under the Kotwali police circle. Savita Devi Ahirwar was the new gram pradhan in the latest panchayat polls.
Reports say she was holding a meeting with officials in the Panchayat Bhawan on June 2 in the presence of assistant development officer (ADO) Panchayat and block development officer (BDO) when some influential people of the village, including a person called Ramu Rajpoot, went to the spot and abused her.?
"I was having my first meeting with the officials when Ramu, Rupendra, Arjun, Ravindra and six unknown persons entered the room. Ramu soon started bullying me and asked me to follow his instructions instead of raising the problems of the villagers. When I refused to oblige, Ramu grabbed me by my hand and started using a casteist slur against me. He then forced me to leave the chair and sit on the floor," she said.?
But in her FIR, only the fact that she was forced to leave her chair by the accused was mentioned.?
"The accused Ramu Rajpoot and his associates were booked for rioting, assault using criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and under the SC/ST Act, Ramu has been arrested and further investigations are underway," said Additional SP Mahoba RK Gautam.?