NHRC team visits violence-hit Husheypur village

JAIPUR: Nearly a month after Dalits and members of a minority community clashed in Husheypur village in Alwar district after a youth was shot dead, a three-member team of National Human Rights Commission visited the village and interacted with the members of the two communities.
On Thursday afternoon, a delegation headed by Viplav Chaudhary arrived at Husheypur village and visited those houses which were ransacked in the violence.The team also visited the family of Zahid Khan, who was shot dead after the Dalits accused him of killing a hen on January 19.
Though the district administration attempted to bring more Dalits who had actually ran away from the area after the violence, many were still fleeing and the members could hardly speak to the Dalit women of the village.
Haaji Kallu, father of Zahid, told the members that Zahid had five children including four girls. "No one visited us. At least the district administration should come with financial assistance and sympathy with the family," Kallu told the visiting members.
District collector, Alwar, Ashutosh AT, talking to TOI, said: "They asked us if the fleeing members of the Dalit community who ran away from the village have returned or not. We have told them that one of 10 families have not yet returned since their names are in the FIR and they were behind the attack on the youth Zahid Khan on January 4."
"They have also asked about the cases registered by the police against the people who disturbed communal harmony and were actually behind the firing on the youth," the collector added.
The team also visited the houses and families about which TOI had reported that the males of these families have ran away after the violence. "They met the women of Dalit families and asked if they were feeling safe in the village," a villager told TOI over phone.
Earlier in the day, many members of both the communities met the team at a government office in Bhiwadi town in Alwar district and urged on restoring peace in the village.
On January 19 a hen was run over by a tractor which was driven by Zahid Khan. The hen belonged to the members of Dalit community and in a fit of rage they opened fire on him in which Khan was killed.