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Racial persecution and social boycott for inter-caste marriage on Bijuli Mallik of Naranpur, PS- Pattamundai, Kendrapada (Code: OD-19.01.2023, Date: 11-Dec-2022 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | Ambedkar Lohia Vichar Manch |
| Case code | OD-19.01.2023 |
| Case year | 11-Dec-2022 |
| Type of atrocity | Imposes, blackmail or threatens a social or economic boycott of any person or a family or a group |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | Yes |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 11-Dec-2022 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Kendrapara(DP) State: Odisha |
| Police station | Pattamundai |
| Complaint date | 11-Dec-2022 |
| FIR date | 11-Dec-2022 |
Case brief
Case summary
Naranpur is a hamlet village under Pattamundai PS of Kendrapara district. The villagers practice caste based customs although there are some instances of breaking the rigid system. In the year 2019 Saratdeb Lenka belonging to Khandayat caste and Bijuli Mallik belonging to Kandara Caste (which is a Scheduled Caste) developed love between them. Out of fear of resistance by the village leaders and family elders, Saratdeb fled to Hyderabad with Bijjuli. There a son was born to them. The villagers ostracised Saratdev’s family. After some days a solution was worked out. Sarat's uncle called the son and daughter-in-law to the village took them Jagannath temple Puri Mukti Mandap to get purified. After the purification process they were brought back home. The SC girl Bijuli and her husband were staying together. On 03.12.2022 the elder father in law of Bijuli, Bhagyadhara Lenka passed away. This raised the Caste issue again. The villagers did not come for the cremation of the body due to inter-Caste marriage by Saratdeb. They abused the entire Lenka family including Bijuli aspersing her Caste. They said not to get purified (Suddhi) as per the tradition of death of a person. They threatened and Social boycott has been imposed on the family, the village shop and rice mill do not provide service to the family of Sarat & Bijuli. Overwhelmed by all these incidents, Bijuli went to Pattamundai police station for protection and filed a complaint which is registered as F.I.R. Now it is a question whether the couple who entered into inter caste marriage shall exercise the rights under the law to live with dignity or the khap panchayat decision shall be imposed upon them.