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Updated On: 07 September, 2009 07:10 AM IST | | MiD DAY Correspondent
Debt-ridden farmers in Bundelkhand sell their wives to survive. Mayawati government orders an enquiry. But victims allege administration is trying to silence them
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Debt-ridden farmers in Bundelkhand sell their wives to survive. Mayawati government orders an enquiry. But victims allege administration is trying to silence them
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is feeling the heat of the drought in Bundelkhand.
Twenty-four hours after CNN IBN and IBN 7 reported how debt-ridden farmers of Bundelkhand are selling their women for money, often on stamp paper, the Mayawati government ordered an enquiry and sought an early report.
Meanwhile, instead of punishing the culprits, the police reportedly are trying to silence those who had dared to speak out on camera.
Kalicharan, the farmer Network 18 had contacted while exposing the racket, is being allegedly harrassed by the administration. "I was summoned to the police station and questioned. I told them I had spoken to the media because no one was listening to us. But they threatened me and said I was lying. My wife was also called to the police station," said Kalicharan. Kalicharan's 10-year-old daughter Vineeta was also dragged to the police station.
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