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New Delhi : Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar on August 10, 2018, met members of the Fact Finding Team representing the ‘Citizens for Justice’, who presented a report on rape incident in Khunti, Jharkhand. Tomar was briefed about the Fact Finding Report by Ashok Sahu of ‘Citizens of Justice’ and the Union Minister assured him that suitable action will be taken based on the findings and suggestions provided to him.
The team had visited the Maoist infested district of Khunti in Jharkhand to make an on the spot inquiry into the incidents of abduction and rape of five women in broad daylight on June 19, 2018. The team had visited the district in two phases. Besides making a on the spot inquiry, the Team Members made an in depth study of the legal and socio-economic aspects of the issues involved.
The Team has made suggestions to initiate developmental programmes and simultaneously gearing up the law and order machinery, so that the anti-national and divisive forces do not exploit the lack of education of the poor predominantly tribal ethnically, according to a PIB release.
The report recommendes taking up free education up to the Higher Secondary level on priority basis to enlighten the villagers on their rights and duties, volunteer organizations delinked from any religion as such but totally dedicated in the field of mass education be encouraged to build and manage schools in the area with full financial backing by the Government. So far as medical amenities are concerned, besides working Government Hospitals, reputed Volunteer Organizations may also be encouraged for mobile hospital, vaccination and supply of nutrition food, the report says. It said proper communications by building roads connecting the villages has to be undertaken by the Government. Construction of rural roads can be given to the Panchayats.