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Minister's brother booked for burning Dalit's house |
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Written by Correspondent
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
 Tara Ahirwar, a resident of Sagar's cantonment locality, filed a complaint 26 June 2008 that Kallu Kabirpanthi and five others barged into her house and looted the household belongings before setting afire her clothes and the thatched roof of the house.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Public Works Department (PWD) Narayan Kabirpanthi's brother and five others have been booked for burning down a Dalit's house and threatening her family with dire consequences in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh.
Tara Ahirwar, a resident of Sagar's cantonment locality, filed a complaint 26 June 2008 that Kallu and five others barged into her house and looted the household belongings before setting afire her clothes and the thatched roof of the house, said PC Jain, a police official.
They also beat up the family members with sticks, Tara said in her complainant. "The minister's brother KKabirpanthi allu reached our house with five others 24 June 2008 night and asked us to vacate it. When we said we had purchased the house, they set our belongings afire," she alleged.
According to the police official, Tara alleged that Kallu claimed to be the owner of the house which she had purchased from Babulal Ahirwar a few months ago and threatened her with dire consequences if she and her sons did not vacate it.
Narayan Kabirpanthi was inducted in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet a fortnight ago.
(Source: dnaindia.com dated 27 June 2008)
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