By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Partur : Dalits living in the vicinity of Partur town, district Jalana (Maharashtra) went to the Partur tahesil along with the dead body protesting against the encroachment of their funeral land by some people.
In the town named as Vahegaon Satara the funeral land belonging to dalits had been illegally taken over by some people because of which dalits had no place to do the last rites of Meena Baladhao Yayekar and therefore the people gathered and went to the tahesil along with the dead body and demanded the access to the funeral land.
“Under ‘Sheet No. 14’ – 10 C. R. land had been allocated for funeral rites but Narhari Sakha Ram Vatane, Kalidas Takaram Vatane and Anand Vatane illegally grabbed the land and are not allowing people access to the land,” alleged dalit activists.
Dalits protested before the tahesil office and threatened to perform the last rites of the dead lady in the office of tahesil . The information was immediately given to the Sub Divisional Magistrate and Assistant collector who then directed the village accountant (patwari) to check the record, measure the disputed land and resolve the matter. The protest was ended with the Patwari’s written assurance to the protesters that he will come to the disputed land and that he will resolve the matter.