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Families flee Gohana village: Dalit leader

Sonepat: Several families from Balmiki Basti near here have fled to Delhi in the wake of the killing of a Dalit youth, a leader of the community today claimed even as a one-man panel arrived in Gohana town to probe the incident.

“The family of Rakesh alias Lara who was shot dead on August 27 were the first ones to lock their house and leave for Delhi,” Dalit Nayay Andolan president Pran Ratnakar told reporters here.

He said other families followed suit and they had “taken shelter” at Bhagwan Balmiki Mandir on Punchkuian Road in New Delhi.

Mr. Ratnakar claimed these families were feeling insecure as the district and police administration had failed to take steps for the safety of Dalit families living in Balmiki Basti in Garwal village of this district.

Rohtak Divisional Commissioner J.P. Kaushik appointed by the Haryana government to hold the magisterial inquiry into the murder of Rakesh reached Gohana town on Monday and has begun the probe. -- PTI

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