Mangalore, Dec 29: In the first SC/ST monthly grievance meeting chaired by the new Mangalore City Police Commissioner R Hitendra on Sunday, two women brought to the notice of the police department instances of facing harassment from certain people, in two separate complaints.
A woman, who had been working as a ward attender at District Wenlock Hospital from 23 years, grieved that she faced harassment from people in her neighbourhood who tried to malign her character.
She alleged that when she had been to a town in Kerala and returned home after a couple of days, people in her neighbourhood in Monkey Stand began to malign her character by spreading false rumours, and had also filed a complaint against her in the women's police station.
In another complaint, a woman from Boloor complained of facing regular harassment from her brother-in-law who had even threatened of assaulting her.
DCP (Crime and Traffic) D Dharmaiah assured them of looking into both complaints and taking necessary action.
In the meeting, Lingappa Nanthoor, a Dalit representative said that some tribal families who were residing from the past 80 years in Kadri police station limits but they still do not possess title deeds for their land and ration card.
He said that the families further faced trouble from a group of Hakki Pikki families who had recently migrated and set up temporary dwellings next to them.
Responding to this complaint, Mr Dharmaiah said that the police could not take a decision to evict the migrated families. “Measures will be taken to provide the tribal families the facilities that they should receive. For permission to construct house on the land, the Tahsildar has to be approached since the families are residing on government land,” he said.
Another Dalit representative urged the police department to take measures to check the increasing number of instances involving assault and moral policing in the city.
DCP (Law and Order) D V Jagadish was present.
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