On the night of April 12, Dilip Singh alias Chhuttan took Devishankar of the victim Dalit family from his house on the pretext of carrying a load of wheat, where he was savagely beaten to death by 8 people and the corpse was burnt after soaking the clothes in alcohol. The victim’s half burned body was found on the morning of 13 April 2025. The infuriated members of the family of the deceased did not allow police to take the body for postmortem for at least for two hours. After the post-mortem, on the night of April 13, the police forcibly cremated Devishankar. No compensation or remedy was provided by the government after this horrific incident.
ASP Member of Parliament Chandrashekhar was not allowed to visit the grief-stricken dalit family of Karchhana and was stopped at the circuit house, Prayagraj by the administration. As per the findings of the report, the news of not allowing Mr. Chandrashekhar's visit to the village caused discontent among the villagers and the supporters. People blocked the road and started shouting slogans. Thousands of Dalit youth and activists from the surrounding area were registering peaceful protest against preventing Chandrasekhar to come to Isauta village. There, the casteist and feudal forces who own the shops in that area, threw stones at the peaceful protesters. The police present at the time didn’t take any action against the shopkeepers.
The police took unilateral action against Dalits on this entire incident and filed cases against 55 identified and 550 unidentified people. Till now approximately 70 young men have been arrested and the search is still going on.
Even the family members of the victim Devishankar were arrested. Many such youths are being picked up after being identified by the upper caste feudal people and sent to jail.
The investigation team held the Yogi government’s anti-Dalit and upper caste feudalistic policies fully responsible for the incident in Bhadevra, Karchana, Prayagraj. The upper caste feudal elements who were involved in pelting stones on the protesters, vandalism and arson, were helped by the police administration. The investigating team’s report raises some serious questions. Does a sitting MP have no right to visit the victim’s family? Is this BJP’s model of democracy?
A viral video from Karchhana police station shows Dalit youths detained inside, seated in rows and holding their ears. This is inhumane and an open violation of human rights. This reflects the anti-Dalit mindset of the police administration.
The CPIML has demanded:
- Strict punishment against the instigators,
- Withdrawal of the false criminal cases filed against innocent Dalit youth and their release from jail.
- Stop police raids in Karachhana, Prayagraj villages, as they have created an atmosphere of fear,
- Provide proper compensation, land for housing, and a government job to a member of deceased Devisankar's family.
- Conduct a high-level judicial inquiry into the entire matter.
The investigation team included CPI(ML) State Committee member and RYA State Secretary Sunil Maurya, Joint Secretary Sonu Yadav, AISA State President Manish Kumar, and Vice President Vivek Kumar.
