Sanjay Majhi, 50, doesn’t have a concrete house for the family comprising his wife and their two daughters and a son. It hardly matters that the tribal man is a mason for the last 25 years. All that he owns is a mud hut with a clay roof (Khaprail), a small patch of agricultural land, two cows and a pair of oxen besides some farming implements. Last year, a dwelling unit was allotted to the family under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, which is yet to be completed.
Of late, the local police informed him that he is an “absconding Naxalite” — who allegedly blew up a railway track in the Mahuatand area in October 2014. The police reportedly told him that there was a warrant of “Kurki-Jabti” (property attachment) against him as he has been charged under section 17 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1908.
This couldn’t have happened at a worse time as he was leaving no stone unturned making arrangements for the marriage of his eldest daughter, Sunita Kumari, scheduled to be held in March.