Angry over their refusal of casting vote in favour of the ruling party candidate, as many as 12 assailants attacked a Dalit family, including four women in Ursan village under Derapur police station on May 8. The injured persons were identified as Ram Das, Ram Babu, Somwati, wife of Ram Das, Mohini, wife of Ram Babu, Pappi, wife of Rakesh and Paraga, wife of Lallu. The victims said the relatives of the ruling party candidate forcibly entered the house of Ram Das, attacked him and other members of the family with the sharp-edged weapons and lathis at around 11 pm on May 8. Ram Das said the assailants were relatives of Mithilesh Kartiyar, BSP MLA from Rajpur in Kanpur Dehat, who had asked them to cast vote in favour of BSP candidate in Etawah. The incident had led to tension in the village. The miscreants ransacked the house, causing extensive damage, he added.
Following the attack by the henchmen of the ruling party MLA, about six other Dalit families have left the village. The injured persons are undergoing treatment at the district hospital. Ram Das said the police action was belated and they are satisfied with it. According to SP (Kanpur Dehat) KS Pipil, the incident was the fallout of an incident, in which the members of the Dalit family refused to give way to the relatives of BSP MLA from Rajpur Mithilesh Katiyar, who were on a tractor. This resulted in a scuffle. A case has been registered and investigations are on.