MP: Slain Dalit Youth's Mother Stripped By Accused During Assault, No Mention In FIR, Claims Kin

The killed Dalit youth's sister alleged that her mother was also stripped during the attack but the police did not register an FIR in connection with the matter.

Dalit youth's mother was stripped during the attack in MP's Sagar, claims kin/Representational Image

The mother of the Dalit youth who was beaten to death allegedly by a group of people in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district over an old enmity was stripped by the accused during the assault but police did not register a report over the matter, claimed the victim’s sister. However, a police official said the the FIR lodged on the basis of complaint made by the youth’s family after his dead did not mention the alleged disrobing, according to a PTI report. 

Responding to the allegation, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjeev Uikey said, "There was no mention of it in the FIR." 

The youth, Nitin Ahirwar aka Lalu, died when he was being taken for treatment to a hospital in Sagar, following which attempt to murder case was converted into murder (IPC section 302) and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act were also added to the FIR, Uikey said.

On Monday, a delegation of opposition Congress party met the family of the Dalit youth, who was beaten to death on August 24 allegedly by a group of people in Barodia Nonagir village under Khurai Dehat (rural) police station limits in Sagar district. 

During the meeting, the victim’s sister alleged that her mother was also stripped by the accused during the attack, but the police "did not file a report in that connection" and were "speaking lies".

Headed by Congress national secretary CP Mittal, the delegation met the deceased’s family members who alleged the police were “not  working in a fair manner,” MP Congress media department chairman KK Mishra claimed while talking to the news agency.

Mishra alleged that the police was not taking action in the case due to political pressure from the state Urban Development Minister Bhupendra Singh, who is an MLA from Khurai Assembly seat which covers the place where the incident took place. 

The Congress secretary alleged that the mother of the deceased was also stripped by the accused who attacked the youth, aged between 18 and 20 years.