Dozens beaten up by goons, take shelterin agricultural fields; 6 accused arrested

Kanpur: Over four dozen members of some two dozen families were forced to leave their homes and take shelter in agricultural fields following alleged molestation and thrashing by local goons in Kanpur Dehat district on Wednesday.
After coming to know about the incident, police swung into action and arrested six persons after lodging an FIR against them under relevant sections of IPC in this regard.
The incident was reported from a village in Mangalpur area, wherein there was a dispute between the two groups over the installation of a government hand-pump.
“One of the groups accused the other of molesting and attacking women members of their families and evicting them from the place. On the other hand, people from the other side claimed that they were severely beaten up for getting a hand pump installed in front of their houses and denied the allegations made by the other group,” said the police.
On coming to know about the matter, the police rushed to the spot and tried to pacify the situation by talking to both the groups. “One of the groups has filed a case against 11 for molestation, assault, sabotage and other sections of IPC,” said the police.
A youth of a village of Mangalpur police station said that on Monday night, he was sitting outside the house while women members of several families were busy attending household chores. “In the meantime, Naresh, Harpal, Virendra, Gajendra, Rajendra, Amit, Mohit, Ajay Pal, Deepak, Jeevan and Dharampal of the village barged into their houses and molested the women inmates. When they resisted, they were severely beaten up by the attackers who also damaged the household items,” he said while talking to reporters on Wednesday.
He added, not only this, they also pulled down thatched roof of their houses.
“Later, all of them were threatened of dire consequences and asked to evict the place following which they were forced to live outside the village by putting tarpaulins and tents in the field,” he added.
At the same time, the people on the other side said that all the people belong to the same community. As the government had installed a hand-pump in front of their houses, there was a dispute as the other side opposed and wanted that the installation be done in front of their houses.
ASP Ghanshyam Chaurasia said, “There was a dispute between two groups over installation of a government hand-pump, on which one side left their houses and went to live in the fields. Now, they all have returned back to their respective homes. Six persons have been arrested in this regard.”