Fed up with the constant harassment and ostracism by her upper caste neighbours, a Dalit woman, on Wednesday registered a complaint with the Wadala Truck Terminal (WTT) police.
Chandravati Harijan, 33, a resident of Shanti Nagar at Antop Hill, in her complaint has accused her next door neighbours of throwing garbage at her doorstep and the backyard and also abusing her. The WTT police have booked three women, Gayatri Pandey, her daughter Kiran, and Faizobano, under sections of the Atrocities against Minorities Act.
“Every morning, there is garbage strewn around the house. Each time we step out, they taunt us on our caste,” said Mayadevi, 20, Chandravati’s daughter. Chandravati said that they have been at the receiving end of this kind of harassment since the last four years. “They also destroyed a portion of our wall, and when we tried to rebuild it, they broke it down again,” she said.
However, the Pandeys have refuted the allegations. “She is trying to illegally encroach on our property. And when we object, she plays her caste card and the police go soft on her,” said Gayatri Pandey. She added that the Harijans had also filed non-cognisable offences against her, which were aimed at maligning her image.
The police are recording the statements of other residents to ascertain if the allegations are true.
Source: DNAindia.com
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