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Mangalore: Dalit Woman Allegedly Assaulted by her Employer

  •   Tue, May 15 2012 11:17:46 AM

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Daijiworld Media Network-Mangalore (NM)

Mangalore, May 15: Saroja, a dalit woman of Kemral, Kinnigoli explained the amount of physical and mental torture she went through for the past five months while she worked for Narayan Shetty, a 70 year old man, during a press meet here on Monday, May 14.

She joined the work five months back on the pretext of having paid Rs 100 every week by the owner. In the press meet, she complained that the owner made her slog in the farm and refused to pay on time. When she demanded money for her work, she was assaulted. She was repeatedly told that you are dalit and threatened to kill her if she asks for the salary again.

Saroja said that on May 3, when she went to Narayan Shetty’s house to claim her salary and quit the work, she was beaten by the other laborers and was thrown in the garden. Meantime, her husband (Krishna) came to her rescue and admitted her to Mulki government hospital, She added.

She then went on to register a case. Reportedly, Narayan Shetty asked for a compromise and withdrawal of the case. When she did not consent, she was forced to sign a blank paper by one of the lawyers, she grieved.

There were reports in the Kannada newspapers alleging that Saroja had taken an amount of Rs 1, 40 000 as a loan. Moreover, the dalit leaders like Narayan Salian, Vishu Kumar and S P Anand and others had demanded Rs 5 lakh to get the case withdrawn, press release stated.

"The charges of me taking money are baseless, and they are brought in to digress from the truth", Saroja said in the press meet and demanded for justice.
  

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  • Harold D'cunha, Manglaore, India

    Tue, May 15 2012

    I am not at all supporting the Employer here as in N number of cases in old DK, the landlord have exploited, abused, sexually exploited the workers. Might be true with Saroja, the atrocities done by the employer Narayan Shetty, a 70 year old man.

    Only one point I could understand here, how come Saroja agreed to work on the pretex of having paid Rs 100 every week by the owner. This is really absurd.

    I have come across, in many instances, the Dalit tag has been misused against each other for revenge. Here in this case, the detractors of Narayan Shetty might have been involved to take revenge against Narayan. For me this is a hoax, cooked up case and nothing truth in it.

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  • maria, mangalore

    Tue, May 15 2012

    No person is foolish to continue to work if they do not get salary payment. here she has worked for 5 months and no salary.

    can we find such workers anywhere ? I have not found one.
    without salary who will work ?

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  • G M Hegde, Udupi

    Tue, May 15 2012

    "the lady was beaten by other laborers and thrown in the garden"...this itself proves this seems to be a concocted story as no laborer will support beating another at least in DK. Looks like Loan payment case, total misuse of atrocity laws and more surprisingly anyone can hold a press conference and no one bothers to verify facts.

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  • Dayananda, Mangalore

    Tue, May 15 2012

    The Dalit Woman should get justice.

    The Dalit Leaders demanding Rs.5 lakh should be enquired and if true, they should be punished.

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