Caste hatred: Indian police thrashes Dalit women in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The police in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) resorted to baton charge a group of protesting Dalit women in Ambedkar Nagar district’s Jalalpur.
Dalit man beaten, humiliated by upper class Hindus in India
Uttar Pradesh: A Dalit man was mercilessly beaten up by upper class Hindus after being accused of stealing a toilet seat in India's Uttar Pradesh. The victim's face was blackened and his head was shaved. Rajesh Kumar, 30, went through the humiliation on camera and the
Dalit student dies after alleged beating by upper caste teacher in Uttar Pradesh India
Uttar Pradesh: A 15-year-old Dalit boy died during treatment in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district after being allegedly beaten up by his upper caste teacher for writing a wrong answer during a test on September 7, The Indian Express reported. His death triggered violent protests in the
India: Dalit rationalist beaten up for comments on Hindu deities, rituals
New Delhi: A professor and rationalist from the Dalit community suffered severe injuries after he was beaten up by a group of “suspected Sangh parivar” activists at Mandirbazar in South 24-Parganas, allegedly for his comments on Hindu deities and rituals. According to The Telegraph, Sudhakar Sardar
India: Dalit family fined Rs 60,000 after a teen ‘touches’ Hindu deity idol
New Delhi: A Dalit family in India's Kolar district has been fined Rs 60,000 after a 15-year-old boy allegedly touched a pole attached to an idol of a Hindu deity during a procession and village elders ruled that the idol had turned “impure” due to
Indian Dalit girl dies after allegedly being raped, set on fire
Lucknow: A 16-year-old Indian Dalit girl, allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men, has died in the hospital, police told AFP Tuesday. The girl was a Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in
‘Raped, strangled, hanged’ — anger, grief in Lakhimpur Kheri as Dalit sisters’ bodies come home
Lakhimpur Kheri: In Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, two teenaged Dalit sisters were found hanging Wednesday from a tree about two kilometers from their house in Tambolin Purwa village. The sisters — aged 17 and 15 — were allegedly abducted from their home by three men
Dalit teen gang-raped by upper caste Hindu men in UP India
Uttar Pradesh: A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men here, police said. The 16-year-old girl is undergoing treatment at the district hospital and is in a “serious condition", Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Prabhu said. Two men have been arrested
Dalit man killed in alleged land grab attempt in Uttar Pradesh India
Uttar Pradesh: Manoj Kumar, a Dalit man who had borrowed money from an “upper caste” man, had been missing for two days before his body was finally recovered this weekend. The 33-year-old hailed from Bajera village in Mainpuri district, and police now suspect a land
India: Dalit outfits protest, demand arrest of seer booked in sexual abuse case
Chitradurga, Karnataka: Dalit organisations staged a protest demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls. The protesters raised slogans demanding justice and called the