Mother-daughter duo ‘immolate’ themselves during anti-encroachment drive in UP’s Kanpur Dehat

In a tragic incident in Madauli village in the Rura area of Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, a 45-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter allegedly immolated themselves during an anti-encroachment drive on Monday. Pramila Dixit and her daughter Neha took the extreme step in the presence of police, district administration and revenue officials who had gone to the village to remove encroachments from a “gram samaj” land. Rura Station House Officer, Dinesh Gautam and Pramila’s husband, Gendan Lal, sustained burn injuries while trying to save the victims.

The family members of the victims have demanded an FIR to be registered against Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gyaneshwar Prasad, Lekhpal Singh and others. The locals had made a complaint to the District Magistrate against Lal for “encroaching” the “gram samaj” land. Officials had gone to the village to carry out an anti-encroachment drive when the mother-daughter duo immolated themselves inside their hut. A probe is currently underway.

The SP said officials had gone to the village to carry out an anti-encroachment drive when the mother-daughter duo immolated themselves inside their hut. “We have reached the spot and a probe is on,” the officer said.

The Samajwadi Party has blamed the “insensitive” administration for the “murders” and stated that under the Yogi Adityanath government, Brahmin families are targeted and such incidents are taking place selectively. The opposition party has also claimed that Brahmins are a target of atrocities of the Yogi government, just like Dalits and backwards.

“Under the Yogi (Adityanath) government, Brahmin families are targeted and such incidents are taking place selectively. Like Dalits and backwards, Brahmins are also a target of atrocities of the Yogi government,” the opposition party said in a tweet in Hindi.

(Inputs from PTI)

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