The Dalit who had alleged police atrocity, commits Suicide

The Dalit who had alleged police atrocity, commits Suicide

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, August 30: In a shocking incident, a thirty year old man belonging to Dalit family has committed suicide by hanging himself near Chitrapura Beach on Monday, August 30.

 

 

The deceased has been identified as Bijulal (30), son of Soman, a native of Kallutakoze in Kerala’s Kollam.


It is said that, Bijulal had visited Sahadevans’s house located at Kulai-Chitrapura on the same day when the police officials from Bangalore visited Sahadevan’s house to collect information about Subhash, who had escaped with a girl from Bangalore.


The Bangalore police, who have come along with Surathkal police, allegedly assaulted Bijulal, Sonu and Shaima, sisters of Sonu, who was also present in the house at that time. The police officials have arrested Shaima and Bijulal and had taken to Suratkal police station and thrashed Bijulal at the police station.


According to a local, Bijulal was so upset that he could not bear the situation. On Sunday evening, he had moved towards Kerala. But his body was found hanging near Chitrapura beach on Monday morning.


A case has been registered at Surathkal Police station in this regard.

 

Earlier News:  Police assault Dalits in Kulai

It may be recalled here that joint investigation team comprising officers from Bangalore’s Peenya police station and Mangalore City Commissionerate’s Surathkal police station allegedly assaulted two teenaged Dalits at Kulai village, 20 km from here, on Friday, August 28.

 

 

The police team was in search of a youth named Subhash from Mangalore who is charged with kidnapping a “caste” Hindu girl from Bangalore. However, the boy’s relatives maintain that the couple was in love and eloped fearing retribution.

Nevertheless, the team arrived at Subhash’s relatives’ house in Kulai and demanded to know his whereabouts. “They were abusive from the moment they entered the house,” said Subhash’s elder sister Sajani.


Ms Sajani told The Hindu that the police particularly targeted Subhash’s 16-year-old nephew Soma. “He pleaded with them that he did not know Subhash’s whereabouts. But they would not listen and beat him with lathis,” she alleged. The young boy, whose most visible injury was a bleeding nose, was later treated at a private hospital.


The policemen also allegedly assaulted Subhash’s sister, Shaina (19), who tried to come to Soma’s rescue. However, she did not sustain any serious injuries.


“They then dragged her to the Surathkal police station,” Sajani said. The police finally let her go when sections of the media reached the police station.


Alleging that the entire incident had casteist overtones, Sajani said, “Even as they were beating the young boy, they kept telling him that he should advise Subhash to stick to women of his caste.”


Responding to the allegations, Assistant Commissioner of Police S. Girish said that the Surathkal police had nothing to do with the assault.


“They were only helping the team from Bangalore with directions to the house,” he said. He also said that Ms. Shaina was not dragged to the police station as alleged. “We only took the boy along for questioning. She insisted on tagging along,” he said even as he assured a thorough investigation into the case. The victims have registered a complaint against the alleged police atrocity at the Surathkal station.