TIA NEWS/
FARIDABAD: Even as the two Dalit children who were burnt alive at a Sunped village of Faridabad in Haryana, near Delhi, have been cremated by the family and relatives, tension and fear continue to persist in the area.
Earlier Angry locals, who had said they will not cremate the children till justice was done, had blocked a national highway since morning. In the afternoon, they marched towards the Delhi-Agra highway carrying the bodies of the children.
Following the attack on a Dalit family in Faridabad, the lower caste community now feel that they would be safer from the atrocities of upper caste if they converted to Islam.
Due to the continuous threat posed by upper castes, a large section of Dalits have expressed their desire to convert to Islam.
“The upper caste people used to humiliate us over petty incidents like pulling out a mobile phone from the drain. They would often threaten and dishonour us and also the women from our community. We do not feel secure as the current government has failed to protect our pride. We have no other option than to convert to Islam,” said Rohtash, a villager.
“At least we know few leaders who represent the minority community. There is no leader for the lower caste here,” Rohtash added.
Another villagers said that the district police and local administration have ignored us and our complaints,” alleged another villager Ramesh Kumar.
Meanwhile Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today recommended a CBI inquiry into the death of two children after a Dalit family was burnt alive in Faridabad district early on October 20. The government also suspended eight policemen for misconduct and initiated a departmental probe against them.
The day saw protests by locals who blocked the Faridabad-Mathura highway with the bodies of the children as politicians, including Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, visited the village to express their sympathies with the families. The authorities later persuaded the protesters to lift the blockade and perform the last rites of the children.