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Labour Minister and the territory successful complaint of Dharwad district, Santosh Lad, connected Saturday, visited the household members of Manya Doddamani, who was killed by her begetter for marrying extracurricular of their caste astatine Inam Veerapur successful Dharwad district.
The Minister visited the household astatine a backstage infirmary successful Hubballli connected Saturday, wherever they are undergoing treatment. He assured them of requisite assistance from the State government.
Speaking to presspersons later, Mr. Lad said that it was shocking that adjacent aft 79 years of independence, the state was inactive witnessing specified incidents, displaying the dominance of the caste strategy that had resulted successful the decease of a pistillate who dared to wed extracurricular her caste.
Expressing daze implicit the incident, helium said that obscurity should specified ghastly acts, wherever a begetter inhumanely killed his daughter, should instrumentality place, and humanity should prevail implicit different emotions.
Mr. Lad appreciated the Police Department for taking the requisite measures to forestall escalation of the matter. He said the authorities and the territory medication would basal with Vivekanand Doddamani and his family.
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Mr. Lad said that the Deputy Commissioner has initiated an enquiry into the issue. Two constabulary unit and a panchayat improvement serviceman person been suspended for dereliction of their duties, helium said. Based connected the enquiry report, further enactment would beryllium taken connected erring officials, helium said.
Subsequently, the Minister, accompanied by officials, visited Inem Veerapur and the spot wherever the battle took place. Speaking to presspersons aft the visit, helium said that the household was a follower of twelfth-century reformer Basavanna, who strived for instauration of an egalitarian society.
The Minister emphasised the request for surviving with the feeling that humanity was the top caste and imbibing compassion arsenic portion of their beingness was necessary, and past lone would it beryllium a existent tribute to Basavanna. He assured that steps would beryllium taken to clasp grama sabhas with the practice of leaders from each governmental parties and officials to reconstruct bonhomie among members of antithetic communities successful the village.
The Minister was accompanied by N.H. Konaraddi, MLA for Navalgund; ZP CEO Bhuvanesh Patil; SP Gunjan Arya, Additional DC Geeta C.D., and different officials and members of dalit organisations.
In summation to the compensation by the State government, the district-in-charge Minister extended a fiscal assistance of ₹2.50 lakh. The household has been provided a compensation of ₹5 lakh by the State government.
