Women throw human waste at DC’s car

TWO SISTERS ALLEGED HE HAD SOUGHT SEXUAL FAVOURS FOR RESOLVING THEIR LAND DISPUTE

GORAKHPUR: Two sisters from a Kushinagar village threw human excreta packed in plastic containers at divisional commissioner P Guru Prasad’s car and office in Gorakhpur on Wednesday. They claimed that he had sought sexual favours as a condition for resolving their complaint pertaining to a land dispute. The senior IAS officer has denied the allegation.

The drama surrounding the protest lasted for over two hours and ended only when the police reached the spot and detained the women and a woman activist Sabira Begum who accompanied the two sisters Mala and Murat during the protest. .

The two sisters belong to Hanumanganj village in Kushinagar district. They claimed that their father had registered a piece of land in the name of their eldest sister without giving them a share in the property. As the police paid no heed to their grievance, they started visiting senior officers for justice, they said.

“We met the commissioner several times but he did not entertain our complaint and sought sexual favours for the work to be done, ” said one of the sisters. The commissioner, who was taken aback by the filthy attack, dismissed the allegations.

“These two women had come to me to with the complaint that their father had deprived them of their share in a piece of land and had given the entire land to their eldest sister. I told them the case was out of my ambit and suggested that they seek court’s help for resolving the issue. The allegations of any type of sexual assault is baseless. Women, who can carry excreta, would not hesitate to level dirty allegations. Action will be taken against the women for disrupting government work.” Superintendent of police (City) Hem Raj Mina said no complaint had been received from either side in the case and action against the guilty women would be taken once the compliant was registered. State Children’s Commission chairperson Juhi Singh, who is on a two-day visit to the city, said: “How could women do something like this at the office of a senior IAS officer. I think it was possible due to the sheer laxity of the administration.” She said both sides would be heard. A report would be sought from the administration and action taken against whoever was found guilty, she added.