A village banned for 32 years!
Srikakulam: In a queer verdict, a whole village was banned for 32 years, following the murder of a model farmer. This strange incident took place in Seethammapeta agency area of Srikakulam district. A model farmer, Kodegorre Sanjeeva Rao of Chinnabugga village in the district was murdered on October 23.
The tribal cheiftans thereby banned the whole Marripadu village, where the murder took place, uptil November 8, 2043. Elders from Chinnabugga, Keesarajodu, Jatikavalasa and Peddabugga villages together took this decision.
However, the decision has angered the Marripadu villagers, who expressed serious concern over the banning. They will lose their livelihood as well as the students cannot attend schools in other villages, they said.
Earlier, the police who met the tribals and came to know of the facts spread a dragnet for the killers. But two persons, N Sivakrishna and Biddika Neelamma of Marripadu admitted to the crime. The police took them into custody and sent them for remand.
However, the tribal villagers banned Marripadu village for 32 years, over the killing. The angered villagers are questioning the verdict because it implies that they cannot talk to anyone outside their village, attend any functions or walk on the highway.
The banned villagers have to cross all other villages to reach Seetham- mapeta but now they are confined to their homes.
Not only this. If the villagers violated the ban orders, they were ordered to pay fines. They would have to pay Rs 5,000 if they talk to others and Rs 10,000 if they attend functions.
It is alleged that former MLAs were also present at the secret meeting of the villagers who passed the ban orders and started implementing it from Tuesday. The banned villagers stated that none of them were called to the meeting where the ban orders were passed.
Most of them were daily wage labourers and come back home only late night. Because of the ban they cannot move out of their villages, they said.
Even autos are not coming to the village because of the ban, they deplored. They urged the ITDA officials and the police to intervene and cancel these ban orders. The police who met the villagers, promised to talk to the village elders who have passed these strange ban orders.
News Posted: 10 November, 2011
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