Mother to lose job after son’s inter-caste marriage

Statesman News Service

MALDA, 28 OCT: Mrs Rubi Kumari, an upper division clerk of Jamalpur block II in Munger, today sought Malda district magistrate's help so that the Bihar government can not terminate her from service.

Seeking security, Mrs Kumari, in her written application, informed the Malda DM Mr Sridhar Ghosh that she had to flee the area seven months ago and could not return to join her service fearing fresh attack on her.

She alleged that her neighbour in Jamalpur, Mr SP Yadav, threatened to kill her and her husband when their son got married to Mr Yadav's daughter, as was against their inter-caste marriage.

Mrs Kumari fled the area and came to her in-law's house at Mathurapur in Manikchak block in Malda. They here organised a marriage ceremony of Mrs Kumari's son and arranged for their registery marriage.

However, the newly married couple is presently staying in Gujarat along with Mr Goutam Choudhury, Mrs Kumari's husband.Mrs Kimari decided to seek help from the Malda DM following a notice published by the Munger administration in a Hindi daily asking her to report by 1 November, 2009 otherwise threatened that necessary action would be taken against her.

“I had informed the matter to the authorities seeking security but no action was taken,” she said when the district magistrate asked her to inform the matter to the collector of Munger.

The Malda DM said he would forward her plea to the district magistrate Munger requesting him to reassess her prayer.

The DM Mr Sridhar Ghosh said that he could not provide security to anybody who belonged to somewhere outside the district or the state.