Viral photo on social media telling the woman to be a witch
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‘This woman is from Tighara village. Came to my house today and have done witchcraft. It kills everyone by doing witchcraft. Wrote a message with abuse that it was taken out of the village. A photo of a Dalit woman from Tighara village with this message went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp. The incident happened 15 days ago. When an application was made at the police station, no hearing was held. 10 days ago, when the SP appealed for justice, Lalganj police registered a case against six people including Pradhan after entering the house, rioting, abusing and under 66 IT Act.
In the application to the SP, the Dalit woman had told that she is a cook at Tighra’s school. Ram Ujagir Chaudhary and Ramesh Chaudhary, the former head of the village, contested the election of Shanti Devi of the village due to the seat being a Scheduled Caste. She won the election and became the chief. Ramesh Choudhary and Ram Ujagir Chaudhary started enmity accusing me of not supporting me in the election. Every day I started getting harassed. My grandson was detained for assault. The matter went to the police post.
Due to this enmity, at the behest of Ramesh Chaudhary, Pradhan Shanti Devi, Krishnadev, Baburam, Savitri, Mahima came to my house. Accused of practicing witchcraft, abused. Later, Krishna Kumar and Ratnesh Kumar made an appeal on Facebook to remove me from the village, describing my photo as a woman of witchcraft. Police has started investigation by registering a case against Pradhan Shanti Devi and others in this case.
Courtesy : Hindustan live
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