Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
In Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, several Dalit Hindu families are forced to sell their houses due to alleged harassment by local Muslims. In the Dawoodpur Kota village under Thana Jawan area, some Dalit Hindu families have put up posters outside their houses with text “Dalit Samaj ke makaan bikau hain, Musalmano se pareshan karne par Dawoodpur Kota Aligah se palayan karne ko majboor hain” (Houses of Dalit community are up for sale, fed up of harassment by Muslims, we are forced to migrate from Dawoodpur Kota village).
Meanwhile, Aligarh Police personnel have been deployed in the area after a recent incident of clashes between the Hindu Dalit and the Muslim community. The local Dalits have appealed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide them protection
Last year, a dispute arose over forcibly removing the keys of a motorcycle, after which a fierce fight broke out between the local Hindu Dalit and Muslim communities. Police were also deployed for a few days. Even after this, sporadic incidents took place and this month, a Dalit woman Jaywanti Devi, a resident of this Muslim-majority village, was beaten up by Muslims after a dispute over chasing away a goat.
Giving information about the incident, the Dalit victim Jayanti Devi said that the goats of a woman named Daraksha who lived in the neighbourhood had entered her house and spilled milk and flour. Jayanti Devi said that when she complained about this to the Muslim woman next door, she was threatened.
