Dalit families of Mirchpur living on tents at Tanwar Farm on Rajgarh road in Hisar after riots in Mirchpur village in district Hisar. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh) Dalit families of Mirchpur living on tents at Tanwar Farm on Rajgarh road in Hisar after riots in Mirchpur village in district Hisar. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)

Six years after two people were burnt alive in an inter-caste violence in Mirchpur village in the district, the CRPF troops deployed there to maintain peace were withdrawn by Union Home Ministry today, with the consent of state government. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajender Singh Meena said that a 20-member committee has been formed to maintain harmony in the village. CRPF was deployed in Mirchpur when a group of villagers belonging to upper caste torched over a dozen houses belonging to dalits on April 21, 2010 in which a 17-year-old polio-stricken girl Suman and her aged father Tara Chand were charred to death.

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The incident was triggered by an argument between some dalit youths and upper caste men after a person from the latter faction had thrown a stone at a dog which was barking at him. He was passing through a dalit locality in the village.

An armed group of villagers stormed the locality housing dalit families and set about a dozen houses ablaze.

While the able-bodied fled, the disabled girl Suman was trapped inside. Her body was recovered by firemen.

The girl’s father Tara Chand, who was badly burnt in the incident, died in the hospital later.

Haryana Police was deployed in the village after the incident, said the SP.

Members of Valmiki community have confirmed that brotherhood prevails in the village and now there is no need of CRPF, he said.

Following an assurance given by both communities, CRPF has been withdrawn, he added.

75 CRPF personnels were deployed in the village after the incident.

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