Dalit seeks CM help to solve niece’s murder

He,along with his 20-year-old daughter Baby,managed to meet Mayawati on the premises of Salempur police station yesterday after a clash with the policemen there. “I tried my best to communicate with the Chief Minister about the murder of my niece in November. I had contacted all the local BSP leaders to get justice. As the BSP has its own channels,I first approached the block committee,then assembly committee and then faxed my application to different addresses in the administration. None paid any attention. Thus I had decided to meet the CM at any cost during her visit to Salempur police station,” Ramashish said.

According to him,his daughter Baby had accompanied him to the police station. “I requested the policemen to allow at least my daughter to meet Behenji. They denied any such opportunity. My daughter defied them and tried to enter the police station. A police officer dragged her by her hair. She slapped him on his face.” Ramashish said. He could not identify the policeman,though. “Perhaps he was officer.”

The clash with the policemen drew the attention of the chief minister,who was sitting in a room. “The CM saw her (Baby) and asked the policemen to allow her in. She met her and told her about my niece. I confirmed that I was accompanying the girl. This is how they (policemen) took me to the CM and I narrated my problem,” Ramashish said. He said his niece Priyanka was on her way home after attending a marriage ceremony,when she was “kidnapped”.

“We tried our best to trace Priyanka. However,she could not be found. I sought help at Salempur police station. The policemen did not hear our plea. Finally her body was recovered on November 24,” Ramashish claimed. “Since the matter in the CM’s knowledge,I hope the police will tell us about the killer of our Priyanka,” he said.