WCD minister directs an inquiry into Beed case

Pune: State women and child development (WCD) minister Yashomati Thakur on Thursday said that she has directed the state women’s commission to conduct an inquiry into the allegations made by the Beed rape survivor against the gram panchayat of three villages that passed a resolution to oust her from the village in August this year.
Having received reports from officials of the WCD department, the minister has written to the state women’s commission to intervene in the issue.The National Women’s Commission has also announced that they would intervene in the matter. “This is inhuman and strict action would be initiated after a detailed inquiry,” Thakur told TOI.
State WCD department officials said that they have coordinated with officials of Beed Zilla Parishad, who will conduct a detailed inquiry regarding the survivor’s complaint as well as allegations and submit their report.
Block Development Officer (BDO) Aniruddha Sanap from Georai in Beed shared that he personally visited the villages — Pachegaon, Vasantnagar Tanda and Jairam Naik Tanda. According to Sanap, upon inquiry it was found that the gram sevak was not present at the meetings so the CEO of Beed Zilla Parishad has served a notice to the villages. The CEO has also sought a copy of the order of their resolutions, he said. The National Women’s Commission too has called for a verification of the resolutions, Sanap added.
All three villages, located adjacent to each other, had allegedly passed the resolutions in August as per information gathered from villagers, Sanap said. Resolutions will be submitted before the authorities, he added
The woman (30), who was gang-raped in 2015, has alleged the village panchayats had passed a resolution to oust her. She has claimed that she was being forced to leave the village in Beed district. Officials said that the police have confirmed that the woman had lodged a complaint against villagers accusing them of using abusive language.