Dalit youth beaten to death in MP's Shivpuri over access to water from a borewell; four arrested
4 weeks ago

Dalit youth beaten to death in MP's Shivpuri over access to water from a borewell; four arrested

New Indian Express  

A purported video of the brutal attack, which has gone viral, shows a group of men mercilessly assaulting Narad Jatav with sticks and rubber pipes, while others, including women, look on during the attack. According to Shivpuri district police sources, there had been an ongoing dispute between the two sides the OBC Dhakad caste and the SC Jatav caste over the borewell. Meanwhile, taking note of the incident, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav, who is currently on an investment promotion tour in Europe, has instructed strict action against the accused. The Chief Minister also directed that financial assistance of four lakh rupees be provided from the Chief Minister's Discretionary Fund to the family of the deceased, Narad Jatav.

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Dalit man beaten to death for taking water to irrigate fields in Madhya Pradesh
4 weeks ago

Dalit man beaten to death for taking water to irrigate fields in Madhya Pradesh

India Today  

A Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a local Sarpanch and his family members over filling water from a common handpump in Indragarh village of Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, 27-year-old Narad Jatav, who had come to his maternal aunt Vidya Jatav's place in Indragarh, died after being allegedly beaten up …

Dalit man beaten to death by Sarpanch, kin over land dispute in MP's Shivpuri, CM Mohan Yadav takes action
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4 weeks ago

Dalit man beaten to death by Sarpanch, kin over land dispute in MP's Shivpuri, CM Mohan Yadav takes action

India TV News  

In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the sarpanch and seven other individuals over a land dispute in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, an official said on Wednesday. Taking swift action, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, while on a tour to the UK and Germany, directed Pardyumna Singh Tomar, the energy minister …

Dalits recall Sitaram Yechury visiting Karnataka village to support fight against temple entry ban
3 months ago

Dalits recall Sitaram Yechury visiting Karnataka village to support fight against temple entry ban

The Hindu  

In an unusual gesture, the residents of Sigaranahalli in Holenarasipur taluk of Karnataka paid tributes to CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away on September 12. However, Yechury extended support to us,” said Raju of Sigaranahalli, who is now an office-bearer of Dalit Hakkugala Samiti, a wing of the CPI. On August 31, 2015, four women visited Basaveshwara temple …

Madhya Pradesh: Dalit woman, teen son thrashed by railway police in Katni | Video goes viral
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh: Dalit woman, teen son thrashed by railway police in Katni | Video goes viral

Hindustan Times  

A video of a Dalit woman and her son getting brutally thrashed inside a government railway police station in Madhya Pradesh's Katni has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Dalit woman, teen son brutally thrashed by railway police in MP's Katni) Additional superintendent of police Santosh Deharia said, “A video has gone viral on various social media groups where …

Four personnel injured as mob attacks police station in Madhya Pradesh over alleged remarks on Prophet Mohammad
4 months ago

Four personnel injured as mob attacks police station in Madhya Pradesh over alleged remarks on Prophet Mohammad

The Hindu  

At least four police personnel, including an inspector, suffered injuries on Wednesday after a large mob attacked a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, after the crowd was barred from entering the station to lodge a complaint against a Hindu religious leader for allegedly using derogatory remarks for Prophet Mohammad in Maharashtra’s Nashik. According to the police, the incident …

MP: Ramzan, Altaf and others attack Hindu shop worker over Instagram story in Burhanpur, 8 arrested
5 months, 4 weeks ago

MP: Ramzan, Altaf and others attack Hindu shop worker over Instagram story in Burhanpur, 8 arrested

Op India  

In Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district, a medical shop worker named Sumit Jadhav was attacked by several Muslim youths including Mohammad Ramzan and his son Altaf over an Instagram story put up by Jadhav. Hindu Youth Attacked By Islamist Mob in Shop, Police Swiftly Arrest Eight Of Them Burhanpur, MP: Mohd Ramzan, Altaf, and ten other Islamists armed with sticks attacked …

Dalit Youth Beaten to Death in Madhya Pradesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Dalit Youth Beaten to Death in Madhya Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A Dalit youth was allegedly killed by a group of people in Sagar district over old enmity, police said on Sunday. Eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far, Sagar district additional superintendent of police Sanjeev Uike said. “The Prime Minister who is pretending to get Sant Ravidas temple built in Sagar does not even …

In MP, dalit man killed, mother stripped over sister’s sexual harassment case
1 year, 3 months ago

In MP, dalit man killed, mother stripped over sister’s sexual harassment case

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: A 20-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death and his 49-year-old mother was stripped after they refused to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint lodged by the victim’s sister, in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday, adding that all nine of the accused have been arrested. According to the police, key accused Vikram Singh and eight …

Rajasthan: Dalit student in Kotputli dies by suicide, family alleges harassment by teachers
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: Dalit student in Kotputli dies by suicide, family alleges harassment by teachers

India TV News  

A 15-year-old Dalit student died in Rajasthan's Kotputli district on Wednesday after he was allegedly harassed by school teachers who made casteist remarks. The police said that they have registered a case against the two teachers under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. However, the autopsy is due …

MP: 'Unauthorised' property of accused in Dalit assault case demolished, NSA invoked
1 year, 5 months ago

MP: 'Unauthorised' property of accused in Dalit assault case demolished, NSA invoked

Deccan Chronicle  

Shivpuri : The administration in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Thursday demolished 'illegal structures' of some persons accused of beating up two Dalit men at Varkhadi village last week, an official said. Earlier in the day, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra had termed the thrashing of the two Dalit men as a “shame on humanity” and slammed the opposition Congress …

Jalore Dalit boy beaten to death: Rajasthan police say no caste angle, family differs
2 years, 4 months ago

Jalore Dalit boy beaten to death: Rajasthan police say no caste angle, family differs

Hindustan Times  

Days after a nine-year-old Dalit boy died allegedly after he was beaten up by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot in a private school in Jalore district, the Rajasthan police on Tuesday said preliminary investigations ruled out a caste angle in the crime. Jalore Dalit boy beaten to death: Rajasthan police say no caste angle, family differs “We …

Rajasthan: Days after Dalit boy's killing, vegetable vendor lynched in Alwar
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Days after Dalit boy's killing, vegetable vendor lynched in Alwar

Hindustan Times  

A vegetable vendor was reportedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of stealing a tractor in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Seven people have been arrested so far in the case, coming close on the heels of the brutal beating up of a Dalit boy sparking an outrage across the nation. A PTI report said the victim, a 45-year-old …

Dalit Boy's Death: Rajasthan Congress Announces Rs 20 Lakh Aid for Victim's Family
2 years, 4 months ago

Dalit Boy's Death: Rajasthan Congress Announces Rs 20 Lakh Aid for Victim's Family

News 18  

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh to the family of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who died after being beaten up by his teacher in Jalore district. The state Congress president, accompanied by Rajasthan ministers Mamta Bhupesh, Bhajan Lal Jatav, and Govind Ram Meghwal, visited the house of the victim in …

Tension in Rajasthan village after Dalit boy’s death
2 years, 4 months ago

Tension in Rajasthan village after Dalit boy’s death

The Hindu  

Tension prevailed in Jalore district’s Sayla tehsil on Sunday, as the body of a Dalit boy who died allegedly after being beaten up by his school teacher, was brought to his native village Surana. Inder’s family members and villagers staged a demonstration demanding strict action against Mr. Singh and cancellation of recognition of the private school, Saraswati Vidya Mandir. Mr. …

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 …

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 Activist in Gujarat Killed for ‘Not Withdrawing SC/ST Case’
3 years, 9 months ago

Dalit Activist in Gujarat Killed for ‘Not Withdrawing SC/ST Case’

The Quint  

This is not the first attack on a Dalit activist in Gujarat. In October, 2020 a Dalit lawyer-activist was hacked to death by dominant caste men allegedly over an ‘anti-Brahmin’ Facebook post. In 2019, a team of the Gujarat Government's Abhyam Helpline was attacked while they were accompanying a Dalit youth who was on his way to bring home his …

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 …

Dalit victim of the communal clashes in Jaunpur narrates attack by Muslims
4 years, 6 months ago

Dalit victim of the communal clashes in Jaunpur narrates attack by Muslims

Op India  

Dalit colony in Bhadethi village in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh was engulfed with raging conflagration on June 9 as Muslims in the region launched an attack against the Dalit settlements. At least 35 people, including Samajwadi Party leader Javed Siddiqui, have been arrested in connection with setting ablaze the houses of Dalits in the Dalit Basti in a Jaunpur …

Dalit houses burnt in UP: SP leader Javed Siddiqui among 37 arrested in Jaunpur
4 years, 6 months ago

Dalit houses burnt in UP: SP leader Javed Siddiqui among 37 arrested in Jaunpur

India Today  

Samajwadi Party leader Javed Siddiqui and 36 others were arrested in connection with their involvement in the clashes between two communities in Batheti village of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night. At least six persons were injured after about six huts in a Dalit locality in Batheti village were set ablaze allegedly by members of another community after clashes …

SP leader Javed Siddiqui & 34 others arrested over burning Dalit houses
4 years, 6 months ago

SP leader Javed Siddiqui & 34 others arrested over burning Dalit houses

Op India  

Samajwadi Party leader Javed Siddiqui and 34 others have been arrested over setting ablaze the houses of Dalits in the Dalit Basti of a village in Jaunpur. pic.twitter.com/vypw6dGUQu — ROHIT CHAHAL June 11, 2020 Cause of the communal clash As per reports, children from the scheduled caste community in the Bhadethi village took their buffalo to graze in a field …

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