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19 families told pay Rs.1.50 lakh to Laturi Thakur gang DGP , Dholpur SP asked to reply in two weeks JAIPUR: Dalits facing the threats of dacoit gangs in Dholpur district have approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking directions to the police to provide security to them and protect their lives and property. An incident at Harajpura village has especially led to fear and insecurity among Dalits in the region. The gang of dacoit Laturi Thakur reportedly stormed the Harajpura village on November 18 and threatened the Dalit families by firing in the air and thrashed three Dalit youths. The dacoits left a letter for 19 Jatav families of the village demanding that they pay Rs.1.50 lakh to the gang at the Hanuman temple in the neighbouring Banaura village by November 27. “Or else be prepared to breathe your last,” warned the letter. Dalit villagers – apprehensive after failing to meet the “deadline” – did not report the matter to the nearest police station in Basedi for fear of their lives. Some Dholpur-based activists came to know of the incident from the village Sarpanch, Sitaram Parmar, and alerted their counterparts in Jaipur. Babu Jagjivan Ram Samata Andolan, a Jaipur-based non-government organisation, moved a public interest writ petition in the Rajasthan High Court on behalf of the Dalits of Harajpura, seeking directions for ensuring safety of families facing dacoits’ threats and orders to police to submit a status report in the case. A Division Bench of the High Court asked the petitioner’s counsel, Chetan Bairwa, this past month to find out if the first information report in connection with the incident had been registered and send a written statement to the Director-General of Police. Counsel complied with the Court’s directions. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Narain Rai and Justice R.M. Lodha, on Monday issued notices to the DGP, Dholpur Superintendent of Police and others and asked them to submit their replies within two weeks.
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