Kalpana Pariyar and Samjhana Pariyar of Khugrani - 1, and Garima BK of ward no 6 on Sunday accused Bhimnath and Sita Poudel, the owners of house, resident of Baglung, of forcing them to vacate the room.[break]
“We have a naagdevta (snake god) in our house. If you Dalits are allowed to live here, the naag will get angry inviting bad consequences,” the girls quoted Poudel duo as saying. The students have been undergoing health assistant training.
According to the tenants, the duo had agreed to give them the room for 2,000 per month. “But the same day in the evening, they came to know about our caste and they changed their mind,” said Kalpana. “We were humiliated and ill treated by the landlords.”
The students complained that they were not given sufficient time even to rent another room. They had to remove all their stuffs.
While the girls have demanded action against the landlords, the latter denied the charge. “We wanted to give the entire flat to a single family, that was the reason why we asked them to leave,” the duo said. “We have not forced them to vacate the room immediately,” they defended.
On the basis of allegation, police has already detained and filed a case against the Poudel duo.
On the other hand, several human rights and pro-Dalit organizations have been pressurizing action against the guilty.
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