Gujarat caste violence back on spotlight after Dalit man’s thumb chopped
1 year, 6 months ago

Gujarat caste violence back on spotlight after Dalit man’s thumb chopped

Hindustan Times  

A group of men allegedly chopped off the thumb of a Dalit man after an altercation over his son picking up a cricket ball during a match at a school playground in a village in Gujarat’s Patan district on Sunday, police said. Incidents like not giving a house on rent to a scheduled caste teacher in villages are happening on a daily basis,” said Kantilal Parmar, a Dalit rights activist in Gujarat. On May 30, a Dalit man was allegedly beaten by a group of individuals belonging to an upper caste community in Mota village, Palanpur taluka of Banaskantha district. According to government data on offences registered under the Atrocity Act on Scheduled Castes in Gujarat, at least 1,425 offences were reported in 2022, with the highest number recorded in Ahmedabad city at 189 cases.

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101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The Hindu  

101 people have been convicted in a decade-old case of atrocity against members of Scheduled Castes in Koppal district of Karnataka. The court sentenced 98 convicts to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹5,000 on each of them, while the remaining three are members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and were sentenced to five years of imprisonment and …

40 per cent rise in crimes against Dalits in Tamil Nadu, says Governor RN Ravi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

40 per cent rise in crimes against Dalits in Tamil Nadu, says Governor RN Ravi

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Governor RN Ravi on Wednesday lamented that there has been an alarming 40% surge in crimes against Dalits during the past three years in Tamil Nadu, despite the pervasive noise on social justice in the state. He said the conviction rate in rape cases involving Scheduled Castes victims in Tamil Nadu is shockingly half of the national average. These …

U.P., Rajasthan, M.P. top in cases of atrocities on Dalits: report
3 months ago

U.P., Rajasthan, M.P. top in cases of atrocities on Dalits: report

The Hindu  

Nearly 97.7% of all cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes in 2022 were reported from 13 States, with Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh recording the highest number of such crimes, according to a new government report. According to the latest government report under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, the majority of atrocities against Scheduled Tribes were also …

Chinta Mohan decries unjust treatment of Dalits in India
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinta Mohan decries unjust treatment of Dalits in India

The Hindu  

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Chinta Mohan on Friday expressed concern over the unjust treatment of Dalits in India. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Mohan took objection to the sub-categorisation of the SC/ST communities and cautioned against potential division and foreign interference — comparing the imminent outcome to the uprising in Bangladesh. “It’s a warning to Prime Minister …

UP: Muslim youths abuse, threaten Dalit family after being stopped from cutting a tree
9 months ago

UP: Muslim youths abuse, threaten Dalit family after being stopped from cutting a tree

Op India  

On Saturday, March 16, a Dalit family filed an FIR against some Muslim men accusing them of threatening and pressuring them to leave their village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. In the FIR, Netrapal identified himself as a simple person and stated that on 5th January, Naseem, Tapis, Haris, Mushtaq, and Yasin forcibly cut down a Sheesham tree planted in …

Chinta Mohan decries ‘growing atrocities’ against Dalits in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Chinta Mohan decries ‘growing atrocities’ against Dalits in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan alleged that atrocities on Dalits have been at their peak in the present YSR Congress Party government in the State. In a statement on Saturday, the former Union Minister termed the death of Vizag-based doctor Sudhakar and Dalit youth Bontha Mahendra of East Godavari as “political murders.” He said that the unprecedented atrocities on the …

Dalit woman raped, body chopped to pieces in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav attacks state govt
1 year, 1 month ago

Dalit woman raped, body chopped to pieces in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav attacks state govt

India TV News  

In a bone-chilling incident, a 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped while her body was chopped into pieces after she was murdered in a village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. When her 20-year-old daughter reached there, she heard her mother’s screams from a room that was bolted from inside, Station House Officer police station Sandeep Tiwari said on Thursday. …

Dalit-targeted violence, a dimming of Tamil Nadu’s halo
1 year, 3 months ago

Dalit-targeted violence, a dimming of Tamil Nadu’s halo

The Hindu  

In an incident in Tamil Nadu earlier this month, a Dalit school student, Chinnadurai, was attacked by three students wielding a machete. Editorial | The failure of hope: On the Nanguneri incident in Tamil Nadu Caste pride Today, the primary role of the caste organisations, most often patronised by youngsters, is to create exaggerated caste-specific symbolisms. For instance, the Pattali …

Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten, made to lick shoes, and urinated upon, Congress MLA and a DSP booked
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten, made to lick shoes, and urinated upon, Congress MLA and a DSP booked

Op India  

In the Jaipur district of Rajasthan, a Dalit man has alleged that Congress MLA Gopal Meena and Jamwa Ramgarh Deputy Superintendent of Police Shivkumar Bharadwaj urinated on him, forced him to lick their shoes, assaulted and hurled casteist abuses on him. A case has been registered against four persons including Congress MLA Gopal Meena and DSP Bharadwaj. On Thursday victim …

Gujarat: Two dalit men killed over land dispute in Surendranagar district
1 year, 5 months ago

Gujarat: Two dalit men killed over land dispute in Surendranagar district

India TV News  

Gujarat news: Two dalit men were allegedly killed by a group of persons belonging to an Other Backward Class community over a land dispute in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, police said today. The two victims- Aalji Parmar and his brother Manoj Parmar - died during treatment at a government hospital in Surendranagar town on Wednesday night, the police said. Based on …

Atrocities against tribals and Dalits have increased in BJP’s rule: Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

Atrocities against tribals and Dalits have increased in BJP’s rule: Congress

The Hindu  

Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party over the incident in which an alleged BJP worker urinated on a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that the episode exposed the “disgusting face” of the BJP and its “hatred” towards tribals and Dalits. Mr. Gandhi, however, claimed on Twitter that atrocities against tribals and Dalits were increasing …

Dalit man's thumb chopped off in Gujarat after nephew picks up cricket ball, case lodged
1 year, 6 months ago

Dalit man's thumb chopped off in Gujarat after nephew picks up cricket ball, case lodged

Hindustan Times  

A group of people allegedly assaulted a Dalit man and chopped off his thumb after his nephew picked up a cricket ball during a match at a school playground in Gujarat's Patan district, police said. According to the FIR, the accused got angry and threatened the boy who had picked up the ball while watching a cricket match at a …

Dalit man thrashed over ‘good clothes’ in Gujarat
1 year, 6 months ago

Dalit man thrashed over ‘good clothes’ in Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

A Dalit man was allegedly thrashed for wearing good clothes by a group of individuals belonging to an upper caste community in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, said police on Thursday. The accused also thrashed the victim’s mother who was trying to save him, said police. According to the complaint, one of the seven accused on Tuesday approached the victim outside …

Rahul's latest attack on Modi govt: 'What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in 1980s'
1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul's latest attack on Modi govt: 'What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in 1980s'

India TV News  

Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' event: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again targeted the Modi government for allegedly promoting atrocities against the minority community in India and added that the current situation is similar to the 1980s when the Dalits were targetted in Uttar Pradesh. "What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in the 1980s", Gandhi said, …

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police
1 year, 8 months ago

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police

Hindustan Times  

Members of an upper caste community allegedly assaulted a Dalit priest at the Bidirambika and Chikamma Devi temple in Karnataka’s Tumakuruduring the annual car festival on April 7, police said, adding that the victim is yet to file a formal complaint. Members of an upper caste community allegedly assaulted a Dalit priest at the Bidirambika and Chikamma Devi temple in …

'Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching' alleges Kapil Sibal
1 year, 8 months ago

'Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching' alleges Kapil Sibal

India TV News  

Ram Navami Violence: In view of violence erupted in West Bengal's Howrah, Kapil Sibal on Saturday alleged that communal violence was on the table for the BJP with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections approaching. Violence and arson were reported from West Bengal's Howrah district after clashes broke out between two groups during Ram Navami festivities, with the BJP and the …

Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching, alleges Sibal
1 year, 8 months ago

Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching, alleges Sibal

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on April 1 alleged that communal violence was on the table for the BJP with the 2024 general elections approaching, and recent incidents in West Bengal and Gujarat were a "trailer." Violence and arson were reported from West Bengal's Howrah district after clashes broke out between two groups during Ram Navami festivities, with the BJP …

Dalit man attacked by gang in Ramanathapuram district, no arrests even after five days, says NGO
1 year, 10 months ago

Dalit man attacked by gang in Ramanathapuram district, no arrests even after five days, says NGO

The Hindu  

A 33-year-old man, Jeeva, of Nettenthal village, under the Tiruvadanai police station limits in Ramanathapuram district, was attacked by a 10-member gang after the Sivarathri celebrations held in their hamlet last week. However, despite a police complaint, no arrests have been made even five days after the incident, said A. Kathir, executive director of Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO. According to …

In U.P., Dalit girl’s marriage takes place under police protection
1 year, 11 months ago

In U.P., Dalit girl’s marriage takes place under police protection

The Hindu  

The marriage of a Dalit girl in the Kanchpura locality under Raja ka Rampur police station in Etah district took place on Sunday under heavy police deployment after alleged stone-pelting on the Dalit colony by upper caste men triggered tension. The issue started on January 12 when two relatives of Rajendra Kumar Valmiki, in whose family the marriage function is …

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 …

Dalit boys face caste violence in Karnataka
2 years, 2 months ago

Dalit boys face caste violence in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 20, 2022 10:35 IST On September 29, Yashwant, a 14-year-old Dalit boy, was tied to a streetlight pole and beaten up at Kempadenahalli village in Chintamani taluk of Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur district. While he was hitting me, he said that I had polluted the idol and that the entire ceremony had been spoilt because of my touch.” Recounting …

Dalit discrimination case: TN police bars accused from entering village
2 years, 3 months ago

Dalit discrimination case: TN police bars accused from entering village

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 18:15 IST The Tamil Nadu police has passed externment orders against three caste Hindus arrested for promoting caste-based discrimination in an incident in mid-September where a shopkeeper refused to sell sweets to a group of Dalit children in Panchankulam village in Tenkasi district in Tamil Nadu. On instructions from Asra Garg, Inspector General of Police, …

Gujarat riots: Former IPS officer RB Sreekumar arrested by Ahmedabad Police
2 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat riots: Former IPS officer RB Sreekumar arrested by Ahmedabad Police

India Today  

Former IPS officer RB Sreekumar has been arrested by the Ahmedabad crime branch for furnishing false information about the Gujarat riots. This comes a day after the Supreme Court dismissed allegations of a larger conspiracy levelled by Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, against former Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and …

4 Dalits allege harassment by BJP MLA Olekar’s son, attempt suicide in Karnataka
2 years, 6 months ago

4 Dalits allege harassment by BJP MLA Olekar’s son, attempt suicide in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Alleging harassment by BJP MLA Nehru Olekar’s son, four Dalits attempted to end their lives at Shidenur village in Byadgi taluk of Haveri district on Wednesday and are being treated at district hospital in Davanagere. The Dalit families in the village have also alleged that MLA’s son Manjunath Olekar was pressurising them to part with a part of their land, …

Dalits stage protest in Bharatpur against attack on rally
2 years, 8 months ago

Dalits stage protest in Bharatpur against attack on rally

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: Dalits took to the streets at Seh in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur on Tuesday against an alleged attack on a rally to mark Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14, which left nine people injured. “They are levelling false allegations of theft against Dalits.” Ranjan said stones were thrown at the rally and that a complaint was lodged against nine. “.one …

Heinous crimes against Dalits create tension in Rajasthan
2 years, 8 months ago

Heinous crimes against Dalits create tension in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The recent spate of heinous crimes, including rape and murder, against Dalits has led to tension in several areas of Rajasthan and left the law–enforcement agencies here baffled. While the Dalit groups here have demanded an action plan to deal with the rising cases of atrocities, the Congress government in the State has sought to create an institutional mechanism to …

Haridwar 'Dharam Sansad': Case registered against Wasim Rizvi over his speech
3 years ago

Haridwar 'Dharam Sansad': Case registered against Wasim Rizvi over his speech

India Today  

The Uttarakhand Police has registered a case against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, formerly known as Wasim Rizvi, for making objectionable and inflammatory statements against Islam during the ‘Dharam Sansad’ or religious assembly held in Haridwar. The religious assembly, being referred to as Haridwar "Hate Assembly", sparked a row after videos of Hindu leaders making provocative speeches and inciting violence against minority …

'Farmers Can't Wash Their Hands Off': NCSC, 15 Dalit Bodies Condemn Singhu Border Lynching
3 years, 2 months ago

'Farmers Can't Wash Their Hands Off': NCSC, 15 Dalit Bodies Condemn Singhu Border Lynching

News 18  

Reacting strongly to the murder of a Dalit labourer at a farmers’ protest site near the Singhu border by Nihang Sikhs, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla said on Saturday that farmer leaders “had washed their hands off the entire incident, but it is not correct.” LIVE UPDATES: Nihang Sardar Sarabjit, Accused of Killing Dalit Man, …

'Farmers Can't Wash Their Hands Off': NCSC, 15 Dalit Bodies Condemn Singhu Border Lynching
3 years, 2 months ago

'Farmers Can't Wash Their Hands Off': NCSC, 15 Dalit Bodies Condemn Singhu Border Lynching

News 18  

Reacting strongly to the murder of a Dalit labourer at a farmers’ protest site near the Singhu border by Nihang Sikhs, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla said on Saturday that farmer leaders “had washed their hands off the entire incident, but it is not correct." Thirty-five year-old Lakhbir Singh man was lynched, his hand chopped …

Atrocities against tribals increased by 25% in Madhya Pradesh
3 years, 3 months ago

Atrocities against tribals increased by 25% in Madhya Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh recorded 2,401 cases of atrocities against tribals in 2020, which was 25% more than 2019. Tribal and human rights activists feel that a sudden spurt in cases of outrage and harassment of tribals was reported in 2020 since many tribals, who worked as migrant labourers, returned to MP during the Covid-induced nation-wide lockdown. The opposition also attacked the …

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 …

Atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh for inter-caste marriages
4 years ago

Atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh for inter-caste marriages

The Hindu  

THE Uttar Pradesh government, which sees inter-religious marriages with suspicion, encourages inter-caste marriages. They also allege that the police resort to strong-arm tactics when a Dalit is responsible for violence and are slow to respond when an upper caste man is guilty of violence. Such painful incidents taking place regularly in UP prove that ‘jungle raj’ prevails here.” In 2019, …

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 …

"Hathras Case A Shameful Testimony To The Systemic Caste-Based Discrimination":Activists From Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta Communities Seek Intervention In The Case Before SC
4 years, 2 months ago

"Hathras Case A Shameful Testimony To The Systemic Caste-Based Discrimination":Activists From Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta Communities Seek Intervention In The Case Before SC

Live Law  

An Impleadment Application has been filed in the matter pertaining to the rape and murder of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras by 11 women and queer persons who are activists, academics and journalists belonging to Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta communities. Non-Implementation of Prevention of Atrocities Act Complacency of the State of Uttar Pradesh is evidence from the fact that the State has …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government\'s offensive misguided
4 years, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government\'s offensive misguided

Deccan Chronicle  

The confusion behind the aggressive response by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s government to the alleged gangrape-murder of a 19-year-old dalit girl in a village near Hathras is screamingly clear in the 21 cases filed against those who have protested, raised their voices against the venal crime against a member of an oppressed community. This is a weakness that pervades …

Hathras gang rape | Don’t do politics on Dalit atrocities, says Ramdas Athawale
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang rape | Don’t do politics on Dalit atrocities, says Ramdas Athawale

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said there should not be any politics in the name of atrocities on Dalits which he claimed to have been going on during successive governments in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Athawale, who said he will be meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, stated, on the Hathras case, I have …

Hathras gang rape | Opposition trying to trigger ‘caste riot’: U.P. Minister
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang rape | Opposition trying to trigger ‘caste riot’: U.P. Minister

The Hindu  

The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, under fire on the Hathras issue, on Saturday turned combative against the Opposition criticism over the incident. They want to instigate caste riot in the region”, Minister Ramapati Shastri, himself a Dalit, told the media. Mr. Shastri, who holds the Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare portfolios, accused the Opposition of behaving “irresponsibly” …

Mahadalits in Begusarai allege violence by Muslim community
4 years, 5 months ago

Mahadalits in Begusarai allege violence by Muslim community

Op India  

A case has been filed against some members of the Muslim community in Bihar’s Begusarai for perpetrating violence against the Mahadalit community. Local Hindu organisations and villagers claim Muslims tortured members of Mahadalit community The members of the Hindu Sangharsh Samiti have alleged that Mahadalits were tortured in ward number 13 of Pipra Dewas Panchayat. A meeting was organised by …

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