Press Trust of India
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Dalit Killings Nagpur, November 10: Bhaiyyalal
Bhotmange, whose family members were allegedly
killed by non-dalits in neighbouring Bhandara
district, sparking off widespread protests in
Vidarbha region, has declined a job offered
to him by the Maharashtra government.
Bhotmange, who met Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh
at Navargaon helipad, during the latter's visit
to the village on Friday, however, demanded
stringment action against the perpetrators of
the crime.
"I don't want a government job but want
the culprits to be hanged to death", he
later said.
The state government, in a communication late
last night, had offered Bhotmange the job of
a watchman at a government-run boys' hostel
in Bhandara disrict.
The order was signed by Deputy Secretary N N
Bhadokar, which the district social welfare
officer R D Aatram conveyed to Bhotmange.
Minister for Social Justice and Rehabilitation,
Chandrakant Handole, who had visited the village
on October 12, had assured to provide a job
to Bhotmange on compassionate grounds.
High Court notice to Maharashtra Govt A division
bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday issued
a show cause notice to Maharashtra government
over the recent killing of four members of a
dalit family in Bhandara district.
The bench, comprising Justice A J Rohi and C
L Aangarkar, issued the notice on a PIL filed
by a city lawyer.
The notice is returnable within three weeks.
The killings at Khairlanji village in September,
allegedly by non-dalits, had sparked off widespread
protests in Vidarbha region.
