Rs 25,000 as compensation was given to the family of a Dalit girl who set herself afire after allegedly being forced to remove her dress by a teacher at the school
Karnataka news: The accused also took the Dalit man to mosques in Tirupati and nearby regions where they taught him to learn Quran and offer prayers in an Islamic way.
Uttar Pradesh: The girl died while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Lucknow.
The Dalit girls had reportedly served midday meal cooked by one Lala Ram Gurjar in a government upper primary school in Barodi area on Friday.
Uttarakhand Dalit man killed: The Dalit man's wife's mother, her step-father, and her step-brother were caught while taking his body in the car to dispose it off.
Uttar Pradesh news: Dalit woman Jai Shree and her son were allegedly harassed in full public view and locked out of their house in Kallapur Saraiharra village on Sunday.
Rajasthan news: The Dalit boy from Barmer was allegedly beaten up by the teacher for not completing the questions in a test on time. The boy was later shifted to a hospital after his health deteriorated.
Rajasthan news: Rajasthan BJP President Satish Poonia has said, "It is the misfortune of Rajasthan that the Congress government has not appointed any full-time Home Minister in three and a half years."
Rajasthan news: Pilot said, "As far as this incident is concerned, it is insufficient to say that it happens in other states. If this happens to Dalits, Adivasis, then we need to bring zero-tolerance. We cannot say that if it is happening in other states, it is happening here too."
Rajasthan Dalit news: As per the police report, the incident took place on July 20 (Wednesday) at a private school in Surana village of Rajasthan's Jalore district, where the teacher allegedly beat up the minor for touching the pot of water in the school.
UP woman sexual harassment: Kotwali police station SHO Anand Dev Mishra said police registered a case under sections 354b and 506 of IPC, section 3 of the SC/ST Act and Section 67 of the IT Act.
The parents, who have refused to send their children to the centre, have said that they won't allow the Dalit helper to touch their children.
The incident took place on Friday night when the 'Bindori' (pre-wedding procession) of Sanjeev Meghwal was being taken out on a mare through the lanes in Goyanda village.
According to a complaint filed by Radheyshyam Meghwal on May 24, he was abducted by Paramjit Singh and five others on May 22, taken to his home in Alfa Nagar, chained in a cattle shade and tortured for nearly 31 hours till his younger brother freed him.
A video of the incident on Saturday also went viral purportedly showing Vela Bharti stopping the couple at the gate of the temple at Neelkanth village under Ahore subdivision of the district. The video also captures the ensuing argument between them.
The accused stopped the people belonging to the Dalit community from playing DJ, prevented them from taking out Banwara, and beat them up with sticks.
In the shocking video, the accused were seen using casteist slurs and humiliating the teen. They were sitting on motorcycles and were seen laughing as they humiliated the boy. The video showed one of the accused beating up the teenager and making him lick their feet.
An FIR was registered against 11 persons on Tuesday night and two of them have been arrested. Some other persons have also been rounded up for harassing the Dalit man, Circle Officer Behror Anand Kumar said.
Directed by debutants Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the Oscar-nominated documentary feature Writing With Fire chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya, a digital-only rural news channel run by Dalit women.
Tension prevailed in the Dhalna village in Bulandshahr district, following a clash between Thakurs and Dalits when a marriage procession of the latter was allegedly attacked by upper castes.
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