The Bam family is yet to get back its land. With no land and no bread-earner, the family is in dire straits today. Sharada was widowed at the age of 23, while her daughter was only six months old when Min Bahadur was killed.[break]
Sharada loses consciousness once or twice a month due to high blood pressure and other ailments and needs to purchase medicine in Bareilly or Lucknow of India. She needs to spend Rs 5,000 for a month’s dose of medicine. Besides, she also has to finance her daughter’s education.
After murdering her husband, Maoists captured the family’s land and house. Of the 5.5 bigaha land they captured, three bigaha is yet to be returned. The family sold the 2.5 bigaha land that was returned and built a small house in Dhangadhi.
“We live in that house. The Maoists are yet to return our three bigaha land in Gadariya,” she said. Though Sharada has asked the administration and rights workers for help, her complaints have fallen on deaf ears.
Min Bahadur had started a fuel dealership at Badaipur, Masuriya-4. He was in his shop when Maoists killed him, set the shop ablaze and left.
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