A case involving the rape of six Dalit women in Bihar allegedly by a rich upper caste landlord and his goons has reached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Commission today issued notices to the district magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Lakhimpursarai, asking them to reply to the victims’ complaint that the authorities were refusing to register a case. Interestingly Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD was instrumental in bringing the issue to NHRC’s notice. On Wednesday, Minister of state (heavy industries) Kanti Singh along with some party MPs took the victims’ kin to meet NHRC chairperson AS Anand. The incident happened on the night of August 6 in Lakhimpurserai’s Rammanagr-Gopalpur village. According to the complaint, the local landlord, accompanied by his henchmen, forcibly entered the houses of some Dusha community members. They proceeded to rape the women in the house and told the community members that it was their punishment for daring to vote against the wife of the landlord in the panchayat elections.
