Mehsana: Tribal man dies by suicide; kin blame local administration

On the different hand, the Mahisagar territory medication stated that the exertion was made lone 11 days agone arsenic against the stipulated 45-day clip acceptable by the authorities to determine connected caste certificate matters.

The assemblage of Uda Damor, a erstwhile Gram Rakshak Dal staff, was pulled down from a histrion connected the outskirts of his village. Police besides recovered a enactment successful his pouch successful which helium had allegedly blamed the section medication for allegedly forcing him to instrumentality the step.

Kanti Damor, the uncle of the deceased, said, “He had been moving from 1 bureau to different to get the caste certificate for his daughter, who precocious got appointed successful the Post Department. Since it is simply a Central authorities appointment, it has go mandatory to supply an English transcript of the caste certificate. She already has a valid caste certificate successful Gujarati. All they needed was an English mentation but the section bureau recovered faults successful the exertion and asked them to bring documents pertaining to a caste contented earlier 1960. Time had been moving retired for the miss and helium was near with nary choice…”

Even arsenic the Kadana constabulary presumption registered a lawsuit of accidental decease and sent Uda Damor’s assemblage for post-mortem examination, the family, connected Tuesday evening, refused to judge the assemblage until enactment was initiated against the officers. Sources successful Mahisagar territory constabulary said that preparations were being made to displacement Uda Damor’s assemblage to the mortuary successful SSG infirmary successful Vadodara from the Kadana authorities hospital, if the household did not judge the assemblage until midnight.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Mahisagar, Vijay Bheda said, “The incidental seems to person occurred betwixt 5.30 americium and 7 americium connected Tuesday. Police was informed astatine 8.25 am. We are verifying the enactment near down to ascertain whether helium has written it himself. We are besides seeking adept opinion. We are investigating the allegation that helium was forced to instrumentality the utmost measurement owed to an contented with the caste certificate…”

While Mahisagar District Collector Neha Kumari was unavailable for comment, elder territory medication officials person said that an interior enquiry into the substance has revealed that the household had made the exertion connected January 17.

A elder serviceman of the medication said, “The exertion successful the lawsuit was received astatine the mamlatdar bureau connected January 17, though it was dated January 15. The exertion did not notation which connection they needed the caste certificate in. On examining the documents submitted, among those persons mentioned successful the pedhinama (family pedigree), the applicant had not submitted due documents for 1 idiosyncratic named Kalu Damor. Therefore, the applicant was called to the mamlatdar bureau to beryllium informed that they tin either taxable a verified papers of the aforesaid idiosyncratic oregon different supporting papers of the person’s parent oregon father.”

The serviceman added that interior enquiry had revealed that though the applicant (Uda Damor’s daughter) submitted the papers asked for by the medication astatine 5.30 p.m. connected Monday (January 27), the applicant’s begetter had “passed distant a time later”.

“The determination connected the caste certificate is pending and arsenic per the authorities rules, a stipulated play of 45 days has been awarded to determine connected the substance and contented caste certificates. In this case, the clip lapse betwixt the exertion and the decease of the applicant’s begetter is 11 days. Therefore, it cannot beryllium connected to the pending exertion of the caste certificate,” an interior enquiry of the medication stated.

Babu Gala Damor, a section assemblage person successful Ranakpur, said, “Time was moving retired for the daughter. He (Uda Damor) was anxious and disquieted that she mightiness suffer employment with the Central section if the certificate is not fixed connected time. They (administration) kept sending him back…”