Scheduled Castes panel orders probe into atrocities on Tarn Taran village family
Tarn Taran, October 9
Raj Kumar Hans, member, Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, on his one-day visit to Karmunwala village on Friday, 40 km from here, has ordered magisterial probe into the alleged atrocities against family members of a SC community of the village. Local SDM Rajnish Arora had assigned the probe.
The victim, Virsa Singh, in his complaint alleged that village sarpanch Dalbir Singh along with 60 persons, who were armed with sharp-edged weapons, entered his house. He alleged the accused used casteist remarks against family members, pelted stones at his house, while one stone hit his nephew Gurpartap Singh. — OC
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