AMN / New Delhi
The Congress party today lambasted the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government for the “anti-Dalit violence” in Saharanpur district and flaying the local police and civil administration demanded that cases be filed immediately against the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police for “dereliction of duties”.
AICC Scheduled Caste department chairman K Raju also demanded that there should be a special court to try the cases and under the provisions of the Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Act, charge sheets be filed against the accused within 60 days of the incidents and the special court’s ruling should come within 120 days.
There has been gross dereliction of duties, he said adding that Section 4 of the Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Act “has very clearly detailed what is called ‘dereliction of duties’.
Whosoever has failed in their duties to prevent occurrence of atrocities shall be punished under the same Atrocities Act”.
“The UP government has to implement the Atrocities Act in letter and spirit and create confidence in Dalits that law will protect them,” he said.