A forty five-year-old tribal man from Ranakpur, a distant village in Kadana taluka of Mahisagar, allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday. His household claimed he took the acute step due to the “delay in getting the copy of a caste certificates in English” that might have jeopardised his daughter’s latest appointment in a Central authorities division.
The demise sparked off a row with the relations of the deceased alleging that the native administration “made him run from pillar to put up”.
Alternatively, the Mahisagar district administration acknowledged that the applying was made solely 11 days in the past as in opposition to the stipulated 45-day time set by the federal government to resolve on caste certificates issues.
The physique of Uda Damor, a former Gram Rakshak Dal employees, was pulled down from a tree on the outskirts of his village. Police additionally discovered a notice in his pocket through which he had allegedly blamed the native administration for allegedly forcing him to take the step.
Kanti Damor, the uncle of the deceased, stated, “He had been working from one workplace to a different to get the caste certificates for his daughter, who just lately acquired appointed within the Put up Division. Since it’s a Central authorities appointment, it has change into necessary to supply an English copy of the caste certificates. She already has a legitimate caste certificates in Gujarati. All they wanted was an English model however the native workplace discovered faults within the software and requested them to convey paperwork pertaining to a caste problem earlier than 1960. Time had been working out for the woman and he was left with no alternative…”
Even because the Kadana police station registered a case of unintentional demise and despatched Uda Damor’s physique for autopsy examination, the household, on Tuesday night, refused to simply accept the physique till motion was initiated in opposition to the officers. Sources in Mahisagar district police stated that preparations have been being made to shift Uda Damor’s physique to the mortuary in SSG hospital in Vadodara from the Kadana authorities hospital, if the household didn’t settle for the physique till midnight.
Further Superintendent of Police, Mahisagar, Vijay Bheda stated, “The incident appears to have occurred between 5.30 am and seven am on Tuesday. Police was knowledgeable at 8.25 am. We’re verifying the notice left behind to determine whether or not he has written it himself. We’re additionally looking for skilled opinion. We’re investigating the allegation that he was compelled to take the acute step as a consequence of a difficulty with the caste certificates…”
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Whereas Mahisagar District Collector Neha Kumari was unavailable for remark, senior district administration officers have stated that an inner inquiry into the matter has revealed that the household had made the applying on January 17.
A senior officer of the administration stated, “The appliance within the case was obtained on the mamlatdar workplace on January 17, though it was dated January 15. The appliance didn’t point out which language they wanted the caste certificates in. On inspecting the paperwork submitted, amongst these individuals talked about within the pedhinama (household pedigree), the applicant had not submitted applicable paperwork for one particular person named Kalu Damor. Subsequently, the applicant was referred to as to the mamlatdar workplace to be told that they’ll both submit a verified doc of the identical particular person or one other supporting doc of the particular person’s mom or father.”
The officer added that inner inquiry had revealed that though the applicant (Uda Damor’s daughter) submitted the doc requested for by the administration at 5.30 pm on Monday (January 27), the applicant’s father had “handed away a day later”.
“The choice on the caste certificates is pending and as per the federal government guidelines, a stipulated interval of 45 days has been awarded to resolve on the matter and problem caste certificates. On this case, the time lapse between the applying and the demise of the applicant’s father is 11 days. Subsequently, it can’t be linked to the pending software of the caste certificates,” an inner inquiry of the administration acknowledged.
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Babu Gala Damor, a area people chief in Ranakpur, stated, “Time was working out for the daughter. He (Uda Damor) was anxious and anxious that she would possibly lose employment with the Central division if the certificates is just not given on time. They (administration) saved sending him again…”
