Deaths of two members of a Dalit family in Madhya Pradesh spark political blame game
On Sunday, Anjana Ahirwar died after allegedly jumping from a moving vehicle that was carrying the body of her uncle, who had been beaten to death a day prior.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party-government in Madhya Pradesh has come under attack by the state’s Opposition Congress after two members of a Dalit family died last week, in Sagar district’s Barodiya Nainagir village.
On Sunday, Anjana Ahirwar, a 21-year-old Bachelor of Arts student, died after she allegedly jumped from a moving ambulance that was carrying the body of her 28-year-old uncle Rajendra Ahirwar, who had allegedly been beaten to death a day earlier by five men.
Ahirwar’s body was being transported from a government hospital in Sagar to Barodiya Nainagir village in Khurai town, where he lived. Sagar district is part of the larger Bundelkhand region from where caste atrocities are frequently reported.
Nitin Ahirwar, Anjana’s brother, had been killed nine months ago.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who met with the Ahirwar family earlier this week, has demanded that the district superintendent of police and district collector be removed from their posts.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited the family on Wednesday and assured them that his government would open a police station in their village.
Days before Anjana and Rajendra’s deaths, the Ahirwar family alleged, the police had withdrawn the security they had been providing to family after Nitin’s murder and also removed the CCTV cameras installed near their home.
On the night of May 25, Rajendra,...
