Mayawati demands strict action against police over Dalit man’s death in custody
6 months ago

Mayawati demands strict action against police over Dalit man’s death in custody

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Saturday demanded strict action against the police for the death of a Dalit man who was lodged in the Firozabad district jail. The government should take strict action against the guilty police personnel and provide full help to the victim’s family. The police should immediately release the innocent people who raised their voice against this incident and also withdraw the cases filed against them. The Uttar Pradesh Police lodged an FIR against 45 named and 50 unidentified accused for rioting over the death of Akash.

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5 held in firing case in Pune
8 months ago

5 held in firing case in Pune

Hindustan Times  

The police have arrested five individuals and search is on for their accomplice in connection with a firing incident, fourth in the recent past, at Yerawada early Friday morning. The police have filed a case under Sections 307, 388, 506, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 of the Arms Act. The arrested …

Four arrested amid uproar over murder of a Dalit mason in Meerut
1 year, 1 month ago

Four arrested amid uproar over murder of a Dalit mason in Meerut

The Hindu  

Four men have been arrested for the murder of a master mason belonging to a Scheduled Caste community in Meerut, the police said on Saturday, a day after the incident resulted in an uproar on social media. The accused have been arrested and the victim’s family is being provided financial help according to rules,” a statement by the Meerut Police …

9 arrested for beating 20-year-old Dalit man to death in MP’s Sagar: Police
1 year, 3 months ago

9 arrested for beating 20-year-old Dalit man to death in MP’s Sagar: Police

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested nine people in connection with the death of a Dalit man in Barodia Naunagir village in Sagar district. 20-year-old Nitin Ahirwar, a Dalit, was beaten to death on Thursday night by key accused identified as Vikram Singh, 28, and eight others after Ahirwar refused to withdraw a sexual harassment case lodged by his …

BSP chief Mayawati calls for bulldozer action on Madhya Pradesh man accused of peeing on tribal man
1 year, 5 months ago

BSP chief Mayawati calls for bulldozer action on Madhya Pradesh man accused of peeing on tribal man

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati demanded on Wednesday that the properties of the person accused of urinating on a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district be confiscated or demolished. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mayawati said, "The incident of a local leader urinating on an Adivasi/Dalit youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh is shameful, inhuman and …

BSP president Mayawati demands bulldozer action on Madhya Pradesh man accused of urinating over tribal youth
1 year, 5 months ago

BSP president Mayawati demands bulldozer action on Madhya Pradesh man accused of urinating over tribal youth

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on July 5 demanded that the properties of the person accused of urinating over a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district be confiscated or demolished and alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party government waking up only after the video went viral proves their involvement which is also very sad. The BSP leader added, “The BJP …

Mayawati criticises Nitish Kumar for tweaking rules to help Rajput strongman Anand Mohan’s release
1 year, 8 months ago

Mayawati criticises Nitish Kumar for tweaking rules to help Rajput strongman Anand Mohan’s release

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati criticised the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar Government for tweaking prison rules allegedly to facilitate the release of former MP and Rajput strongman Anand Mohan, a life convict in the Krishnaiah murder case. “Bihar Government tweaking prison rules to get Anand Mohan released in the brutal murder of honest Dalit, IAS officer G. Krishnaiah is in the …

Mayawati opposes release of murder convict Anand Mohan, calls Nitish anti-Dalit
1 year, 8 months ago

Mayawati opposes release of murder convict Anand Mohan, calls Nitish anti-Dalit

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has strongly criticised the Bihar government’s move for the premature release of incarcerated leader Anand Mohan Singh. BSP supremo Mayawati Bihar People’s Party leader and ex-MP Anand Mohan, was convicted in the 1994 murder of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah. “Bihar’s Nitish government’s preparation to change the rule to free Anand Mohan in the case …

Killing of Atiq Ahmed as heinous as Umesh Pal murder case, says BSP chief Mayawati
1 year, 8 months ago

Killing of Atiq Ahmed as heinous as Umesh Pal murder case, says BSP chief Mayawati

The Hindu  

BSP chief Mayawati on April 16 said the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in police custody in Prayagraj raises serious questions over the style of functioning of the Uttar Pradesh Government. It would be better if the Supreme Court takes cognisance of this "extremely serious and worrisome" incident, which is being discussed across the country, the …

Killing of Atiq Ahmad as heinous as Umesh Pal murder case: Mayawati
1 year, 8 months ago

Killing of Atiq Ahmad as heinous as Umesh Pal murder case: Mayawati

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in police custody in Prayagraj raises serious questions over the style of functioning of the Uttar Pradesh government.It would be better if the Supreme Court takes cognisance of this "extremely serious and worrisome" incident, which is being discussed across the country, the former …

Assailants in the Umesh Pal murder case are still absconding
1 year, 8 months ago

Assailants in the Umesh Pal murder case are still absconding

The Hindu  

Even a month after the sensational killing of Umesh Pal, a prime witness in the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal, the five main accused remain untraceable, with Uttar Pradesh Police forced to announce a cash reward of ₹5 lakh on each of them for information leading to their arrest. The State Police and Special Task Force, …

Dalit organizations lodge police complaint against TD leader Bojjala
2 years, 1 month ago

Dalit organizations lodge police complaint against TD leader Bojjala

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: The representatives of various Dalit organisations took out a massive a rally in Srikalahasti town and lodged a police complaint against the Telugu Desam’s constituency incharge Bojjala Venkata Sudhir Reddy. The representatives of the Dalit organisations alleged that the TD’s Srikalahasti constituency incharge has tried to trigger blame on local MLA B. Madhusudhan Reddy for the random deaths. While …

Protest march in Almora to seek justice for Dalit man killed in hate crime
2 years, 3 months ago

Protest march in Almora to seek justice for Dalit man killed in hate crime

Hindustan Times  

RUDRAPUR: Scores of people in Uttarakhand marched through Almora district on Monday to protest the killing of a Dalit by relatives of her upper caste wife who were against their marriage. Several groups held a march in Almora district to seek speedy trial of the four people arrested for killing a Dalit man who married their upper-caste relative Activists of …

Rajasthan: BSP chief Mayawati demands President's Rule after death of dalit boy
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: BSP chief Mayawati demands President's Rule after death of dalit boy

Firstpost  

Nine-year-old Indra Kumar Meghwal, who was studying at a private school in Surana village of Jalore district, was allegedly beaten up by his teacher for touching a water pot on 20 July. He later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday demanded President’s Rule in Rajasthan following the death …

Lakhimpur violence: Court allows SIT to replace lesser charges with attempt to murder
3 years ago

Lakhimpur violence: Court allows SIT to replace lesser charges with attempt to murder

India Today  

A court on Tuesday allowed the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence to add the charge of attempt to murder in the FIR against the accused, including Union minister Ajay Mishra's son, after the inquiry team said it was a "pre-planned conspiracy". "Chief judicial magistrate Chinta Ram allowed the special investigators to add IPC sections 307, 326 and sections 3/25/30 …

Mayawati slams Congress over silence on death of Dalit man in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh
3 years, 2 months ago

Mayawati slams Congress over silence on death of Dalit man in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh

India TV News  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday asked why the Congress high command is silent on the beating of a Dalit man to death in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh and she has also raised questions about the style of working of the Uttar Pradesh BJP government over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. "The incident where a Dalit was thrashed to death in Rajasthan's …

Lakhimpur FIR: Murder, Rioting Case Against BJP Minister's Son Ashish Misra
3 years, 2 months ago

Lakhimpur FIR: Murder, Rioting Case Against BJP Minister's Son Ashish Misra

The Quint  

Amid the widespread uproar surrounding Sunday's Lakhimpur Kheri incident, a First Information Report under various sections, including murder, was filed against son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Misra, Ashish Misra and 15 unknown persons on Monday, 4 October. The FIR was registered at Tikoniya Police Station in Kheri district under sections 147, 148, 149, 279, 338, …

Mayawati demands judicial probe in Lakhimpur Kheri incident
3 years, 2 months ago

Mayawati demands judicial probe in Lakhimpur Kheri incident

India TV News  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday alleged the involvement of Bharatiya Janata Party ministers in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and demanded a judicial probe into the issue. "BSP's National General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP SC Mishra was placed under house arrest late last night at his residence in Lucknow, which is still continuing so that the party delegation …

20-year-old man dies in police custody in MP, 4 cops suspended
3 years, 3 months ago

20-year-old man dies in police custody in MP, 4 cops suspended

Hindustan Times  

Four Madhya Pradesh Police personnel including a police station in-charge have been suspended following the custodial death of a suspected thief in Khandwa district on Monday night. Madhya Pradesh government has suspended four police personnel and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the custodial death. Meanwhile, home minister Narottam Mishra said, “We have suspended four police personnel and ordered a magisterial …

MP: 1 more cop suspended after tribal man's custodial death; action against 6 officials so far
3 years, 3 months ago

MP: 1 more cop suspended after tribal man's custodial death; action against 6 officials so far

India TV News  

The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended one more senior police official for alleged negligence in connection with the death of a 35-year-old tribal man in judicial custody in Khargone district. After the death of the man, identified as Bisan, last week following his arrest by Bistan police in Khargone in connection with a dacoity incident, the state government had suspended …

Dalit man hangs himself in Punjab village, blames four people for his death
3 years, 4 months ago

Dalit man hangs himself in Punjab village, blames four people for his death

India Today  

A 39-year-old belonging to the Dalit community allegedly hanged himself to death at a village in this district on Tuesday leaving behind a note in which he claimed that four people had forced him to take the extreme step, police said. An FIR has been registered in connection with the death of the man, SHO of Lakhewali police station, Shimla …

Dalit minor's rape and murder case: Rahul, Kejriwal meet victim's family; BJP condemns heinous rape
3 years, 4 months ago

Dalit minor's rape and murder case: Rahul, Kejriwal meet victim's family; BJP condemns heinous rape

Firstpost  

Politicians from across party lines and public figures from different walks of life, joined the protest to demand justice for the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in the national capital Politicians from across party lines demanded justice for the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in the national capital. …

CBI files FIR in murder case of Tihar prisoner who was beaten by inmates
3 years, 4 months ago

CBI files FIR in murder case of Tihar prisoner who was beaten by inmates

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered an FIR in connection with the death of a prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by inmates in Tihar Jail. Srikant Rama Swami, an under-trial prisoner in Tihar Jail’s barrack number 4, was allegedly beaten up by the inmates on May 14, 2021. Srikant Rama Swami’s mother had filed a plea before the …

MP Police Arrest 2 for Beating Dalit Man to Death After He Touched their Food
4 years ago

MP Police Arrest 2 for Beating Dalit Man to Death After He Touched their Food

News 18  

Two persons were arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district on Thursday for allegedly beating up a Dalit man for touching their food which led to his death, an official said. Bhura Soni and Santosh Pal are accused of brutally thrashing Devraj Anuragi on Monday at Kishanpur village in the district. The district administration sanctioned aid of Rs 8 lakh for …

Met Hathras family to understand their concerns, assured police is with them: UP DGP Hitesh Awasthi
4 years, 2 months ago

Met Hathras family to understand their concerns, assured police is with them: UP DGP Hitesh Awasthi

India Today  

As the uproar against the alleged gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras continues, the Uttar Pradesh Police chief Hitesh Awasti today met the victim's family members. On the police cremating the victim without the family's consent, DGP Hitesh Awasthi said he asked the family about it too. Meanwhile, ACS Home Avnish Awasthi, who was with the …

Hathras gang-rape: Ghaziabad lawyers demand President's Rule in UP amid outrage over victim's cremation
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang-rape: Ghaziabad lawyers demand President's Rule in UP amid outrage over victim's cremation

Firstpost  

The advocates’ body convener Nahar Singh Yadav said the Yogi government has ’totally failed in controlling the crime in the state, more so against women' Ghaziabad: Amid the widespread outrage over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras and her forcible cremation subsequently, scores of Ghaziabad lawyers on Thursday demanded imposition of President Rule in …

UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks to father of Hathras gangrape victim, announces Rs 25 lakh compensation
4 years, 2 months ago

UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks to father of Hathras gangrape victim, announces Rs 25 lakh compensation

India Today  

Amid growing outrage and calls for action, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to the father and brother of the Hathras gangrape victim via videoconferencing on Wednesday. Speaking to the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died two weeks after she was gang-raped in Hathras, Yogi Adityanath assured them of stringent action against all the accused. The CM …

Uttar Pradesh Dalit girl, victim of brutal gang rape, dies in Delhi hospital
4 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Dalit girl, victim of brutal gang rape, dies in Delhi hospital

The Hindu  

The 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras village in Uttar Pradesh, who was brutally assaulted by four upper-caste men, succumbed to injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjang Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. “From delay in the arrest to dilly-dallying in shifting her to Delhi, the administration’s role is questionable,” said Harpal Singh, head of the Agra division of the Azad Samaj …

SHO in UP Shunted to Police Lines for Failing to Promptly Act in Dalit Woman's Gang-rape Case
4 years, 2 months ago

SHO in UP Shunted to Police Lines for Failing to Promptly Act in Dalit Woman's Gang-rape Case

News 18  

The station house officer of Chandpa police station in Hathras district under whose jurisdiction a 19-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped nearly a fortnight ago, has been transferred to the district police lines, an official said on Sunday. Chandpa SHO D K Verma has been sent to police lines for his failure to promptly acting in the case, said Hathras Superintendent …

MP government removes collector, SP over Guna Dalit couple beating case
4 years, 5 months ago

MP government removes collector, SP over Guna Dalit couple beating case

India TV News  

The Madhya Pradesh government has removed Guna District Magistrate S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak in the case of a Dalit couple consuming poison after being beaten up by the police personnel who allegedly tried to remove them from a piece of land. A few days ago, the team which went to remove encroachment on a college land …

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