A 35-year-old married Dalit woman was sexually assaulted and her husband was beaten brutally by the upper caste people at Kodapura Jaamli village of Dewas district, alleged State Organiser of All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch Gaytri Sonkar, while interacting with the mediapersons on Friday.
Sonkar alleged that the complainant’s daughter-in-law was sexually assaulted by the accused AK Singh and when they opposed and lodged a complaint against the accused her house was set ablaze.
Complainant pleaded to stop the atrocity with her daughter-in-law but the AK Singh and his father were not ready to agree.
When her son found that AK Singh was involved in the atrocity, he was beaten brutally by Singh and afraid of Singh, he escaped.
later, with the help of Santosh Malviya she lodged a complaint with the police and angered over the complaint they were locked from outside at their home and house was set ablaze after which AK Singh and her daughter in law were arrested and when they were released after two months Santosh was fabricated in two cases.
The complainant has also raised allegations of gang rape and killing of her earlier daughter-in-law by the upper caste people and fabricated her son in the killing and later in the name of bail those involved in the killing took money and kept her son a bonded labour.
The issue was raised by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). State convener of NCHDR Rama Panchal was present during the interaction.