06-16-2007, 02:06 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Lives of Muslim minors worth more than of others?
Saturday June 16 2007 11:16 IST
ONGOLE: Taking cover under the existing lop-sided rules governing payment of compensation in case of deaths at the hands of the police or radicals/terrorists, claims with regard to Hindu minors are being ignored.
Both the State and the Central governments vie with each other in announcing compensation in the event of deaths of Muslim minors.
When two such - Mohammad Sameer and Athar Moinuddin - died, one in the Mecca Masjid blast and the other in the police firing that followed in Hyderabad recently, the State Government announced Rs 5 lakh as ex gratia and the Central Government gave an additional Rs 1 lakh each.
But the kin of child victims of Naxalite violence do not seem to be so fortunate.
Take the case of Chitirala Mahesh (16) of Gotlagattu village of Konakamitla mandal in Prakasam district. He died in the landmine blast triggered by the Maoists on 27 April 2005.
The blast targeted the then SP Mahesh Laddha. Ditto in the case of Kasimsetti Nagaraju (10) of Tammadapalli in Yerragondapalem mandal.
On May 26, the Naxals attacked alleged police informer I Narsareddy. While Reddy escaped, Nagaraju fell to the bullets.
While the kin of 54 victims of Naxal violence since 1989 in Prakasam district, all adults, were given ex gratia, the only minors - Mahesh and Nagaraju - were left out on the ground that there was no provision in the rule book.
In respect of both minors, neither the Maoists nor the government bothered in the least.
Since 1989, as many as 90 minors have fallen victim to Naxal violence and in no case have the kin of the deceased received compensation.
Prakasam district police have raised the issue of Mahesh and Nagaraju in many a forum and even the chief minister gave his approval.
But, since then, the file has been stuck in the General Administration Department.
âThese 90 minors are victims of terror just as the two who died in Mecca Masjid blast and the subsequent police firing. But why this discrimination?â asked a senior police official.
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Saturday June 16 2007 11:16 IST
ONGOLE: Taking cover under the existing lop-sided rules governing payment of compensation in case of deaths at the hands of the police or radicals/terrorists, claims with regard to Hindu minors are being ignored.
Both the State and the Central governments vie with each other in announcing compensation in the event of deaths of Muslim minors.
When two such - Mohammad Sameer and Athar Moinuddin - died, one in the Mecca Masjid blast and the other in the police firing that followed in Hyderabad recently, the State Government announced Rs 5 lakh as ex gratia and the Central Government gave an additional Rs 1 lakh each.
But the kin of child victims of Naxalite violence do not seem to be so fortunate.
Take the case of Chitirala Mahesh (16) of Gotlagattu village of Konakamitla mandal in Prakasam district. He died in the landmine blast triggered by the Maoists on 27 April 2005.
The blast targeted the then SP Mahesh Laddha. Ditto in the case of Kasimsetti Nagaraju (10) of Tammadapalli in Yerragondapalem mandal.
On May 26, the Naxals attacked alleged police informer I Narsareddy. While Reddy escaped, Nagaraju fell to the bullets.
While the kin of 54 victims of Naxal violence since 1989 in Prakasam district, all adults, were given ex gratia, the only minors - Mahesh and Nagaraju - were left out on the ground that there was no provision in the rule book.
In respect of both minors, neither the Maoists nor the government bothered in the least.
Since 1989, as many as 90 minors have fallen victim to Naxal violence and in no case have the kin of the deceased received compensation.
Prakasam district police have raised the issue of Mahesh and Nagaraju in many a forum and even the chief minister gave his approval.
But, since then, the file has been stuck in the General Administration Department.
âThese 90 minors are victims of terror just as the two who died in Mecca Masjid blast and the subsequent police firing. But why this discrimination?â asked a senior police official.
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