A 30-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Beed district, who was gang-raped in 2015, alleged that a resolution had been passed by her village panchayat to ban her and that she was being pressured by the villagers to leave the town.
A local government official said that not only her village, which is located in Gevrai tehsil, but also two neighboring villages had passed resolutions to bar her.
The police said the woman had filed a lawsuit with the villagers accusing them of using derogatory language against her and they were investigating it.
Five years ago, when she went to a farm in the village to pluck cotton, the woman was sexually assaulted.
The court sentenced four people to life imprisonment for raping her earlier this year, the police said.
The woman said a note was pasted on the door of her house as she talked to a news station, telling her to leave the village. Often, she alleges that
“The gram-sevak pasted a notice on the door of my house, in which I was asked to leave the village. A resolution was also passed to banish me from the village…,” she said.
“The government should give justice to me. It should tell me where I should go,” she said.
“Aniruddha Sanap, block development officer, told PTI, “Three villages passed resolutions to ban the woman on August 15 this year. We noticed during our scrutiny that these villages, situated next to each other, passed
“The woman alleged that the gram-sevak pasted a notice on her door asking her to leave the village. When we asked the gram-sevak about it, he said the notice was related to encroachment,” he said.
“We have submitted a report to our seniors and they will take further action in this case,” Sanap added.
“The woman has also filed a complaint against some villagers for allegedly using abusive language against her. On Monday, some villagers approached us saying that we should not entertain her complaint.”On Monday, some villagers approached us saying that we should not entertain her complaint.
“But it is not possible that we will not take cognizance of the complaint. We am investigating it,” he said.
The village sarpanch, when asked about the decision to banish the woman, said, “It was a demand from villagers and villagers.”
