Will there be any justice for Bhetku?
Bhetku Singh, the lone wage earner for
his impoverished family was found dead under mysterious situation in the
residence of Mohammed Imul on July 4, 2013. Both happen to be residents of the same
village: Katna, P.S. Karandighi, P.O. Madargachi, Distirct: Dinajpur (North)
and Behtku like his father Haladhar Singh worked both as a cultivator and manual
laborer. Known as submissive and helpful to others, Bhetku was found hanging
from ceiling in Mohammed Imul’s residence. The incident has not only stunned
the whole village but has brought forth a few questions as well. The first of
these happens to be his purpose at the residence of Imul, local contractor.
It is known to all in Katna that Bhetku
went to New Delhi
recently with Imul as laborer and after spending a few months there, he came
back to the village. But the relation between them had soured by then. Village sources reveal that a rupture took
place between the two; Imul had to pay Bhetku a good amount of money still for the
job in Delhi but
was buying time only. Bhetku used to visit Imul’s home at regular intervals but
used to return empty-handed always. None in the village knows what went wrong
ultimately but Tapan Das (son of Binoy Das) residing in Madargachi was seen on
the same day to take Bhetku to the residence of Mohammed Imul. Tapan left once
they reached Imul’s house but as per him, Hussain Ali, Mohammed Zamul, Mohammed
Skeikh Shadim were already present there. All in the village are confident that
Imul and his associates were solely responsible to strangulate innocent Bhetku
and hang him from the ceiling later on.
Even if the family members of slain Bhetku along with
villagers are sure of this tragic development, they can’t do anything else owing
to their extreme poverty. Wife of Bhektu went to the local police station along
with her father-in-law Haladhar Singh to lodge a complaint. But they were just
banished from there. Allegedly police told them that they had hardly any time
to deal with such insignificant issues during Panchayat election. Despondent family
members of Bhetku are wiping away tears now. It has been learnt, no official
complaint in this regard has been lodged to the local police station yet.
Perhaps Indian democracy has no time for Bhetku, deprived man representing underprivileged
people only.
Hindu Samhati regularly
monitors and reports violations against Hindus in West Bengal. We also work
with both governmental and NGO agencies for proper education on protection and
ensure remedies to the Hindu populace as per prevailing law of the land.
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