After around 24 hours of stay family demanding removal of encroachment over their land agreed to climb down from water overhead tank Kasturba Nagar on Sunday.
In Kasturba Nagar under Govindpura police station, a family climbed the water tank for the second time on Saturday after their demands were not met. After three months, the husband and wife who climbed the tank again were demanding removal of the occupation of their land in Obedullaganj. The head of family Ritesh Goswami claimed that if encroachment from his land is not removed, he and his family will kill by jumping from the water tank.
The police appealed to him several times to come down, but he refused to accept. To pacify family SDM and Tehsildar of Raisen reached the spot.
According to the information, Ritesh Goswami, a resident of Bhojpur, Raisen, along with wife Seema and 3 children climbed the water tank of Kasturba Nagar located in Govindpura at 5.15 pm on Saturday.
After information, police reached the spot. The police tried to persuade the family to climb down, but they refused and demanded CM to hear their plea after which they will come down. Ritesh was persistently adamant on the demand to remove the occupation of his land.
Let us tell you that even three months ago, Ritesh, along with his wife and children, climbed the water tank of Danish Gunj on Hoshangabad Road. The family came down from the tank after 9 hours of hard work by the police officers. Along with him, during this time his wife and children also remained hungry and thirsty. Finally, senior police and administration officers had assured action on his demands, after which the family got down.