Patna, Nov. 10: District magistrate (DM) Sanjay Singh today issued a stern warning-cum-advice to two “uncaring” sons of an octogenarian. “If you do not think of your parents today, a day will come when the same thing will happen to you,” said the DM as he pulled up the sons who, their father alleged, wanted to kill him for property.
Singh extended his full support to Ramwaran Singh, a man in his early-80s, who had come to the former’s janata darbar at Patna Collectorate to lodge a complaint against his five sons. A Paimar Ghat (police station Punpun) resident, Singh wanted protection from his five sons and a grandson, who he feared could kill him.
Ramwaran said: “In 2008, I gave away all the land I owned to my sons. They told me that I did not need to work and promised to provide food and shelter to me.” He added that his sons performed their duties for one-and-a-half years but later stopped taking care of him.
Singh said: “The situation today is such that my sons do not want me to stay at home. They lock the house and leave whenever I go out. They can do anything to me.”
Ramwaran not only sought protection from the DM but also demanded his property back from his sons so that he could lead a peaceful life.
The district magistrate expressed disappointment over Ramwaran’s sons’ conduct. Two of the five sons had come to the DM’s janata darbar after being issued notices regarding his father’s complaint.
Singh said: “Your father handed over the property to you all after which you started all this. You people do not forget that what you are doing to your father today, you will have to face the same consequence in future. Your child is watching everything and would repeat it when you get old. What you do today will be repaid in future.”
Singh forwarded Ramwaran’s complaint to the circle officer for verification. He wanted to know whether the land partition had been done at the court level.
“Further action will be taken based on whether the property mutation has not been done at the court level,” he said. The janata darbar heard 19 cases in all, majority of which were related to land disputes. Other cases were related to non-payment of salary, forgery, job to the dependants, certificates for disability and others.
